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LeBron, Cavs Almost Lose Game But Defense Stops George, Pacers at the End

The Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Indiana Pacers in game 1 of the first round of the NBA playoffs on Saturday and at the end they used defense to do it.

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It was the final play of the game and the Cavs were up by one point and LeBron said that the plan was simple, “Anyone but Paul George can take that final shot and we can live with it.”

The Cavs did just that. When George took the ball at the top of the three point line LeBron left his man and went to double team George.