James passed Kobe Bryant for No. 3 on the NBA's career playoff scoring list and tied another National Basketball Association record by winning his 20th consecutive first-round game. LeBron James finished with 25 points while Kevin Love had 27 points.
"Defensively, we just didn't play that right", Pacers coach Nate McMillan said. Paul George and LeBron James had 18 and 17 points respectively, and each had their fair share of highlight-worthy dunks.
Kyrie Irving getting a shot over the Pacers' Jeff Teague.
However, the defending champions, following a pattern that began late in the regular season, almost gave away an 18-point lead in the fourth quarter as the Pacers cut the margin to four in the final minute before Cleveland closed out the game at the foul line. I said those things only to motivate us to win a series.
James delivered 28 second-half points as he took over the contest in the fourth quarter in front of a crowd of 18,100 at Bankers Life Fieldhouse arena.
The Cavaliers scored over 60 points in the first half of both games and are shooting over 54 percent in the series.
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IN led by 10 after one quarter. IN erased a 10-point deficit with nine minutes left in Game 1, and then in Game 2 cut the Cavs' 18-point lead after three quarters to four with 19.5 seconds left on a George 3-pointer.
But Love knocked down two free throws and C.J. Miles was whistled for an offensive foul, thwarting the Pacers' comeback. He had 41 points, 13 rebounds, 12 assists, a couple blocks, and only three turnovers.
The Pacers spend so much of their energy trying to catch up after their lackluster play for most of the game that by the time they were in striking distance of Cleveland the Pacers were exhausted. George scored only two first-quarter points but had four assists.
Spurs 96, Grizzlies 82 • Kawhi Leonard had a postseason career-high 37 points and added 11 rebounds and San Antonio beat visiting Memphis to take a 2-0 lead in their first-round series.
But Fizdale unleashed a spectacular post-game tirade against the officiating crew, which is nearly certain to bring disciplinary action. "We're extremely frustrated because we haven't won a game, but we can take some positives from the games we've played". "I knew I had to get myself going, these guys kept feeding me, we got into the bonus early and we kept going to it".
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