The Good: The first three quarters, outside of apparently thinking Nikola Mirotic’s shots don’t count, were generally fine. The late-game defense was stellar.
The Bad: The Pacers scored 12 points in the final 12 minutes, just 6 in the final 8 minutes, and 2 in the final four minutes. In fairness, a few of the misses were good looks. But in reality, many of them were trash shots just sorta hurled unconfidently by players who looked like they were putting up the rock because that is what basketball players are supposed to do more so than seeming like they actually thought the ball had any real chance of going in.