Destiny's Child (Why the Pacers still need Beyonce' singin' at full strength in Memphis tonight)

"Control the controllable playa!"

Newt Gingrich once said, “Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did.” John Quincy Adams broke it down like this, “Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties and obstacles vanish.” Then Thomas Carlyle, the 19^th century Scottish philosopher, articulated it like no one could when he said, “Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacles, discouragements, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak.”

Well playas...despite all of the foolishness that the Indiana Pacers had to endure this season it all comes down to a boy winnin’ in Memphis tonight. Back in the summer when Paul George ran into a freakin’ basket stanchion foolin’ around with USA Basketball and breakin’ his leg havin’ to miss the first 76 games of the season everybody and their momma’s momma thought the Pacers were toast.

Then the injury bug ran through the locker room puttin’ boyz in Full Nelson but nobody said “Uncle!” The dun had George Hill strung up for 30 games but he kept talkin’ $100 worth of noise to him. He grabbed D. West by the collar, then “Skittles and Lemonheads” and so on and so forth to the point where Frank was playin’ so many different lineups that boyz needed ID to get in the buildin’!

Let’s keep it real or all the way 100, whichever comes 1^st! Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacles, discouragements, and impossibilities have allowed these boyz to win 6 straight to control their own playoff destiny. In other words pimpin’, Beyoncé is still in the group and they’re still survivin’!

On Tuesday night Washington showed up on some revenge type joints bein’ petty as boyz would say around my way. They’re already locked into the 5^th seed and winnin’ doesn’t change anything for them. The best they could do is move to 4^th and they’d still have to play Toronto. John Wall and Co. was lookin’ to eliminate the Pacers from playoff contention because Indiana ended their playoff run last year. Petty, but I get it bruh!

So these duns showed up and took a boy into double overtime. What they didn’t realize was that the Pacers have a weird DNA that allows them to step up when necessary and not too many cats want to walk down their street when it gets thick. C.J. Miles came out of the bushes on a boy with 25 points and 8 rebounds. George Hill ran out of the front door lookin’ like Rambo sprayin’ cats for darn near a triple double. He ended up with 24 points, 10 dimes and 9 rebounds! D. West came from behind the crib blastin’ with 15 as both Ian Mahimni and Rodney Stuckey came from Aunt Mae-Mae’s across the street with 10 apiece. Ole Skittles and Lemonheads was upstairs sleep with an O-fer until darn near 2 minutes left in regulation. He ended up with 6 but at least he had 12 rebounds. Somebody needs to check that dun’s gun though because it’s freakin’ impossible to be that close to the rim and shoot 30 percent.

Now hopefully boyz can rolled into Memphis and catch a boy gimped up after they’ve lost two straight. Mike Conley (ankle), Marc Gasol (ankle) and Tony Allen (hamstring) are all sittin’ on the side of the bed waitin’ for Big Momma to rub that dull Calamine lotion on their boo-boo’s . Hey playa, you gotta take it how you can get it! If their snake bitten and you can come in and steal one then so be it. It’s all hands on deck win or go home tonight bruh.

Despite all of the foolishness, Thomas Carlyle was O.G.-ish when he said, “It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak.” In other words, “What chu gone do playa?” Stop me when I start lyin’!

Playas Thesaurus:   1) Dun: noun – the person in question, dude, guy, etc.
2) $100 worth of noise: verb- to talk a bunch is trash, to talk ish etc.
3) Skittles and Lemonheads: noun – my nickname for Roy Hibbert because that dun 9 out of 10 times that dun is sittin’ in the back seat of the ride while everybody else is fightin’ to win eatin’ Skittles and Lemonheads listenin’ to some Luther with his feet hangin’ out of the window.
4) Playoff destiny: noun – it’s a play off of the group Destiny’s Child and their hit I’m a Survivor.
5) Dime: verb – to throw an assist.
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