The Pacers have an impossible task in their first-round series. They are challenged with defending the Cleveland Cavaliers, who had the 5th ranked offense in the regular season. With LeBron James, Kevin Love, and a plethora of shooters, the Cavs are almost impossible to stop.
The Pacers did it.
In game 1, Indiana’s defense was sublime. Cleveland only shot 38.5 percent from the field and struggled to get good looks from anywhere on the court. The three-point line tends to be the bane of opponents’ existence against Cleveland; they finished the regular season with the sixth-best percentage shooting the deep ball.