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Rip keeps giving Indiana fits

By Joe Lago
ESPN.com

Sunday, May 30, 2004

INDIANAPOLIS -- Your move again, Rick Carlisle. After gambling by sacrificing a defender for another shooter by starting Austin Croshere in Game 4 against the Detroit Pistons, Carlisle injected some much-needed scoring into a dormant Indiana Pacers offense -- and the risk paid off, with Croshere scoring 14 points in a series-tying 83-68 road victory on Friday. But after Sunday's 83-65 defeat at home to the Pistons, Carlisle will have to come up with another gimmick or game-plan wrinkle to keep ...

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