Indiana Pacers Postgame Media Availability vs. Oklahoma City Thunder | December 26, 2024

Rick Carlisle, Andrew Nembhard, and Pascal Siakam speak with the media following the Pacers 120-114 loss to the Thunder on Thursday night.

0:00 - Rick Carlisle
4:36 - Andrew Nembhard
6:02 - Pascal Siakam

[RacerRobertC.]

It does not matter how great the defensive player is on a Max player like Tyrese which was coaches true all star does not score 4 points

[dabneyoffermein]

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 45 Haliburton 4, are you kidding me?

[zacharyhutson]

Tyrese didnt show up when we needed him again

[tpe]

Let's get that win tomorrow! Let's Go Pacers!!!

[di_from_north]

I don't understand why the ball doesn't get to Pascal in the 4th in so many close games. Once again, he had the ball only twice, made a 3, and missed the other. Why does this happen consistently! 2 shots as they watched the game being lost. It just doesn't make sense.

[dariusdina]

We might need a different coach who will actually hold our (260m) star accountable. 4 points 6 shots? How is that type of play allowed for 4 whole quarters?

[pump]

Not sure why you guys are slamming Hali while dude leads the league in steals…$245m heist 😂

[sgcoach]

Ty has to shoot more and look to score and early to open up the floor for himself and his teammates. If you watch the first halves of games this season, his scoring or lack of it, determined the outcome of most of their losses so far.

[bromestick]

The indianapolis media is too nice on halliburton he is just not that good. The league knows it too

[kutsuyasan]

What the heck is wrong with Halliburton? He had the back wrap on and avoided contact the whole game.

[danielhidayat]

Wheres halli at? 4th quarter 4 minutes left to go with scores tied at clutch situation still no where to be seen….. its crazy to think that in that condition uppon inbound our franchise supermax player doesnt have the apettite to even dribble the ball up the floor and initiate offense instead hes giving the ball to nembhard to dribble up the floor and getting it back in akward situation with shot clock under 10 most of the time.

Its just weird seeing halli today its like hes got no interest or apettite for the ball. Hope it doesn’t drag to the next game again.

I mean we dont need a 30 points halli every night, we have the luxury of deepd bench and plenty off role player but at least a 10-15 point and 10 assist halli will do the job just like in sacramento and golden state.

[julianfoddrell]

Shai was playing like a superstar. Like they say a Chrysler 300 look like a bentley until a bentley pulls up! 🙄

[noncontextnba]

if nemhard is your closer when you have siakam and ty you are not a playoff or a championchip team

[trevonthomas]

Spicy I felt the pain in ya voice smh 🤦‍♂️

[petekreamer]

committed just 4 fouls at halftime, scored 45 and given up 67 in Boston. Why no effort at all...even to reach out and commit a foul? If this game was outdoors, a breeze would be more resistance for Celtics. Who is the toxic player? Somebody ruining this entire team. Who is it?

[CLOUDY_mac]

Nobody wants to say it but nembhard is a better ball handler, shot creator, scorer and shooter than haliburton

[troyalvarez]

I cant name a more pathetic supermax player in the league than Tyrese Haliburton. Herb Simon was sold a bill of goods.
Congratz to the Pacers, a D.O.A. organization 'till the day they die.

[saintanubis]

Mathurin needs to step it up, he says he is the best on the court then he need to play like it and stop throwing his hands and whining every single call he doesnt get. Also he passes up wide open shot after shot and if he doesnt shoot he holds onto the ball and screws up and advantage we currently had against the defense scrambling to get on their guys. When Nesmith is back to healthy and playing normal minutes, Mathurin should go back to the bench until he starts playing like he did at the beginning of the season.

[butinsho]

Haliburton is worth every money they’re paying him.

[rjonesy]

Nights like this I don’t care about who is scheduled or has media obligations. Haliburton needs to be front and center.

Rick making an excuse for Haliburton is embarrassing. Whether it’s apart of the “randomness” in the scheme or Haliburton’s mentality, it’s unacceptable and should never happen again. But judging from his response it will 100% happen again. I’m fuming.

Every quality team in the league will beat us, with him only shooting 6 times. We will lose every single time.