<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">BOSTON -- You can easily point to the Indiana Pacers' inability to rebound -- again -- as the reason they lost to the struggling Boston Celtics on Wednesday. That would be letting the Pacers off too easily, though. They let the Celtics' athletic, but inexperienced, point guards outhustle them. For a team of veterans, the Pacers were the ones looking like the team that's rebuilding as they came unraveled mentally and physically in the second half. The Pacers became Boston's second victim of the season when the Celtics outplayed them in the second half of their easy 114-88 victory at the TD Banknorth Garden. A seething Pacers coach Rick Carlisle said afterward his team was dramatically outplayed and deserved the lopsided loss. "Don't ever underestimate a desperate team," he said about the Celtics. Frustration mounted after the game when forward Jermaine O'Neal, still in his uniform, went into the coaches' office down the hall from the locker room and had a heated conversation that lasted about 15 minutes. Voices could be heard in the hallway. O'Neal declined to comment on the incident, for which team president Larry Bird was also in the room. The Pacers, who have dropped two straight games, have said a number of times it's going to take time before they start looking like the team they want to be. It could take a lot longer than expected because they continue to make the same mistakes Carlisle is trying to correct. The Pacers (4-4) have yet to beat a team that had a winning record last season. "I don't know what it is," Pacers shooting guard Stephen Jackson said. "I can't really put my hand on it. Everybody knows we're a lot better than what we're showing. Everybody has different things on their mind. Some things have to change."</div> Source
