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Video Breakdown: How Paul George and the Pacers Shut Down DeMar DeRozan

The Indiana Pacers did a great job of forcing the Toronto Raptors to miss shots in Game 1. They held the home team to 38.5% shooting overall (30-for-78) and limited a squad that hit nearly 9 triples per game this season to just 4 makes from deep. The Pacers also forced 20 turnovers and turned those takeaways into 25 points.

Really, if Indiana had actually gotten some defensive rebounds, their 10-point victory would have been an even larger margin. The one thing Toronto excelled at in Game 1 was the offensive glass, grabbing 20 offensive boards — including 11 by Jonas Valanciunas alone — and scoring 17 second-chance points.