"Shump was unbelievable", coach Tyronn Lue said. Game 3 will be Thursday night.
Still, James came away encouraged. He also was 12-of-12 from the free-throw line, capping his performance with two key freebies with 17.5 remaining to once again give the Cavs a two-possession lead while IN was storming back late.
"Lance, in our locker room, is looked upon as a leader, so his body language has to improve". He was attacking the basket relentlessly and IN picked up off that energy. "I was asking for it. CJ took it upon himself." Spu. In the rebounding category, Tristan Thompson hauled down 10 boards.
Pacers: Glenn Robinson III returned after missing the past 12 games with a strained left calf. It's becoming clear that at least one player, if not several players, in the Cleveland rotation are going to have to step up if the Cavs are to repeat.
The next possession, James drew a mismatch against Myles Turner on the elbow and raced past him to throw down a two-hand slam that re-ignited Quicken Loans Arena and quickly shifted the momentum back to the Cavs. Miles responded to George's critique the following day, adding that while George "should want" to take the last shot, he did what he had to do in the moment.
NOTES: Cavs F LeBron James totaled 32 points and 13 assists in Game 1.
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Smith finished with three points on 1-for-3 shooting and one turnover in his 19 minutes of action.
The Spurs won 96-82 on Monday night (Tuesday AEST) on their home court and need just two more wins in the best-of seven series to extinguish the Grizzlies and move on to the second round. After the game, a 117-111 Cavs win, Smith said he did not require an MRI and he hopes to play in Game 3.
It was a sigh of relief for the Cavaliers and an incredibly disappointing missed opportunity for Indiana. He started the game but logged just 18 minutes with his status for this series indefinite. It's playoffs, guys are playing a lot of minutes and they're competing.
According to NBA.com, the Cavs attempted nine wide-open threes and only made three of them.
The Cavs vowed they would play better after their near-disaster in Game 1 and they backed up their talk, delivering the kind of performance that was routine last season but very rare in 2017. They don't - they can't - get closer than that.
Love hit a pair of shots and all six of his free-throw attempts over a two-minute stretch that helped the Cavaliers balloon the lead to 19, 89-70.
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