INDIANAPOLIS -- With less than three minutes remaining in the first quarter of Game 3, Cleveland Cavaliers head coach Tyronn Lue used a perplexing lineup.
LeBron James needed a breather. He had to be fresh for the beginning of the second quarter, which forced Lue to go with Kyrie Irving, Kyle Korver, Iman Shumpert, Richard Jefferson and Channing Frye. The coach was clearly searching.
Four of the five players are part of the customary group which starts the second quarter. Only this time they were playing with Irving instead of James. It didn't work very well. The Pacers finished the quarter on a 14-8 spurt, building a 10-point lead.