To be fair, Woodson accepted blame for his poor decision making in game 4.
Going big was a HUGE mistake and he paid the price for that in a loss. I think Woodson finally has figured out how to play the Pacers. Especially on the defensive end. You saw a lot less double teaming and we def did a lot better on the defensive boards.
The only thing now is to just do the same things in Indiana and make our shots. Indiana has a terrible ability to score the basketball, that's why they slow the game down make it a defensive grind. If we can get our offense running and moving, we will win. Plain and simple. Indiana is slow and they much rather get in position in a half-court game and try you defensively than try to keep up with the offense going up and down the court in a quick tempo.
We also need to make the shots that we've been making all season. We just haven't been making our shots and that's hurt the team a LOT.
We also need to figure out how to make Indiana send a double team. That is the LAST thing they want to do on defense and there's a reason for that. When they double, there's a soft spot on the defense and Hibbert becomes neutralized. If we can't make them double, we need to at least penetrate and make the help defense come over, which is almost the same as a double team. This should create an open man for us on offense. Ball movement is key here.
I think if we can contain Stephenson and DJ Augustine, we'll be fine. I don't mind letting Paul George go off, but we need to keep the other players on the Pacers on check.
I hope we can do most of this tomorrow night.
