Through injuries and illness, and everything else that’s been thrown at them all season, J.B. Bickerstaff’s feisty young squad simply continues finding ways to win.
Tipping off a critical three-game roadie in the season’s homestretch, and playing their first game without All-Star center Jarrett Allen, the Wine and Gold rallied back to take the lead, then held off a late Pacers rally, earning the season sweep with a 127-124 thriller on Tuesday night in Indianapolis.
In a frantic finish, the Cavaliers bounced back from an eight-point deficit early in the fourth quarter, taking an eight-point lead with 3:44 to play, only to see the Pacers run off the next eight points to tie the game at 120-apiece on Jalen Smith’s three-pointer with 1:21 to play.