Official Site of the Pacers · Apr 16, 2017
It's Gut-Check Time in Cleveland
The Pacers have proven they have the substance to beat Cleveland. Now it's a matter of whether they can take care of the details.
Defending screens and pick and rolls.
Defending the 3-point line.
Committing fewer needless fouls.
And, ultimately, getting and hitting game-winning shots.
"Just little things we didn't do," Paul George said.
The Pacers' 109-108 loss to Cleveland in Game 1 of their playoffs series on Saturday was equal parts uplifting and discouraging, a glass-half-full kind of game much like their double-overtime loss to the Cavs two Sundays ago.
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