The Indiana Pacers are playing with a revolving door as players shuttle in and out of the lineup due to injury.
This setup makes it extremely difficult to find any rhythm or continuity, which hurts the ability of the team to establish an identity. Pacers head coach Rick Carlisle spoke about the team’s identity and the challenges that come with enacting it with injuries galore across the roster
We establish identity] By playing our game,” Carlisle said.
“And you know, we’re a persistent team, or a physical team. You know, when we’re down numbers, it becomes more challenging. But, you know, we’ve gotten some guys back, but now [Bennedict] Mathrin is out for a while, so we’ve just got to go day to day, game to game, Whistle, whistle, and do the very best that we can. It’s nobody wants to hear excuses. I don’t. I hate excuses. We got to play and compete.”
Carlisle doesn’t want excuses for Pacers woes
The Pacers are the league’s worst team and there are many reasons why. Some of them are within their control and others are beyond it. Either way, the Pacers have to show up for the games and give it their best shot. They are given the same expectations to win as any team in the league, so they have to work with what they are given.
