Second round report !

The Indiana Pacers are the most unpredictable team in sports right now.  Just when you begin to jump back on the Pacers band wagon, they put on a disappointing home loss that makes you question what did you ever see in this bunch. 

The Pacers squandered a major opportunity to close out the Washington Wizards at home in game five.  Indiana could have been sitting pretty at home, watching the Miami Heat attempt to close out the Brooklyn Nets.  Instead the Pacers head to the nations capital to play a young team dripping with confidence.   

John Wall went off for a playoff career high 27 points.  The all-star point-guard scored 17 points in the third quarter to help put the Pacers away.  Marcin Gortat played out of his mind tonight.  He scored 31 points, grabbed 16 rebounds and added two assist in 36 minutes.  Gortat is one of the most underrated big men in the NBA. 

Stan Van Gundy is set to become the next head coach of the Detroit Pistons.  The younger of the Van Gundy brothers boasts a 579-371 record as a head coach in the NBA.  In eight years Van Gundy has recorded five 50 win seasons.  He led the Orlando Magic to their second NBA Finals appearance in franchise history in 2009.  Van Gundy has gotten the short end of the stick on multiple occasions during his coaching career.  He deserves a job just as much as anyone out there.  He has won games at a high volume at every stop in his career.

Game five between the Los Angeles Clippers and the Oklahoma City Thunder was one of the worst officiated playoff games that I have ever seen.  The officials missed the foul Matt Barnes committed on Reggie Jackson with 15 seconds remaining.  Chris Paul was also fouled on the last play of the game which was missed.  Apparently the officials put away the whistles in the fourth quarter.

OKC managed to get the victory despite Kevin Durant shooting only 6-22 from the field for 27 points.  Kevin got the majority of his points tonight from the free throw line.  Russell Westbrook burdened the load tonight with 38 points, five rebounds and six assist.  Sooner or later people are going to have to stop questioning whether or not OKC should get rid of Russell. 


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