re: Pels 96 v Pacers 92/ 3 IN A ROW

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Also good practice for the playoffs, the offense is more efficient when they push the pace but in the playoffs sometimes games slow down a lot and being able to execute when you can't outrun everyone down the court becomes more important.

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I know that it is the Pacers style of play, but I believe slowing the game down is an intentional strategy by the Pels. I think part of the way they are approaching this brutal stretch of 5 games in 6 days has been to drop the pace of play.

We are at a 99.4 pace over our last 3 games (5 full possessions below our season average). We definitely were not running to get into our actions as quickly as we normally do last night. I also noticed multiple times that players would pass up lightly defended shots early in the shot clock and it seemed like a conscious effort to kill time.