The Good: The Indiana Pacers have now lost three straight games, and while that is not cool in a vacuum, this team once again showed that it can compete with the league’s elite. Obviously, losses suck and the Cavs aren’t exactly playing like the 1986 Celtics right now. But this was playoff physicality in a hostile atmosphere, and a team that has come unglued a lot this year kept it together enough that the difference between a loss and getting one their biggest wins of the year was a strange shot-clock violation that negated a 3-pointer minutes after the fact and changed everything about the tenor of crunch time.
Post-Game Grades: Pacers Lose a Heartbreaker in Cleveland
