Pacers need to ruin Shai's rhythm to win NBA Finals - Carlisle - video Dailymotion

Rick Carlisle believes his Indiana Pacers must cope with Oklahoma City Thunder's aggressiveness to go up 2-0

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00:00Yeah, we're not looking to get Shea going.

00:03That doesn't make any sense.

00:05I mean, coming into the series, I have it in my briefcase,

00:10but, you know, there are wins, losses in the playoffs.

00:14You know, he was in the 30s in wins,

00:16and he was in the low to mid-20s in losses.

00:19And so what you're saying doesn't really make sense.

00:24You know what I mean?

00:24It's just, I mean, we want to make it hard.

00:27And, look, each game in this series is going to look different.

00:35We don't want Shea getting 38 points, you know, if we can avoid it.

00:39We don't want him living on the free throw line.

00:42We don't want him getting easy threes, you know.

00:44We don't want him making that three at the end of the third quarter.

00:46I mean, that was a tough shot, but he banged that in on us, you know.

00:50He's going to be more aggressive.

00:51Williams is going to be more aggressive.

00:52Chet's going to be more aggressive.

00:53Their whole team's going to be even more aggressive defensively.

00:56And, you know, the challenge for us is to be able to match that.