Cleveland Cavaliers' LeBron James (23) shoots against Indiana Pacers' Paul George (13) and Myles Turner during the first half in Game 4 of a first-round NBA basketball playoff series, Sunday, April 23, 2017, in Indianapolis.
George was 3-for-9 from three but was even worse on shots closer to the rim, making just 2-of-12 two-point attempts.
All that work is paying off, evidently: James' Cavaliers defeated the Indiana Pacers 106-102 to sweep the first-round series of the NBA Playoffs on Sunday. The Cavaliers are 2-6-1 ATS in the last 9 meetings in IN, 3-10-1 ATS in the last 14 meetings and the over is 4-0 in the last 4 meetings. He helped the Rockets overcome an off night by James Harden, who finished with 16 points on five-for-16 shooting. Cleveland finished the season 7-1 against the Pacers, winning the last four with a defensive stand, a rare 25-point game from three players, the largest second-half comeback in playoff history and now James' knockout punch.
Game 5 is Wednesday in Boston.
"The Miami game definitely helped because it was a game where I was just trying to be aggressive, go back to kind of playing the way I'm used to", Williams said.
Lance Stephenson scored 22 points and Paul George added 15 but missed a 3-pointer that could have forced overtime in the closing seconds.
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Indiana, which never previously was swept in a seven-game series, took a 102-100 lead on a Thaddeus Young tip-in with 1:31 to play, but the Cavaliers scored the game's final six points to advance to the second round.
Boston blew a 20-point lead, but Thomas keyed a third-quarter run that put the Celtics back on top after Chicago briefly went ahead. Kyrie Irving had 10 points, but the rest of the team picked up steam in the next quarter. In the end, they did sweep the Pacers, so their really shouldn't be too much concern.
According to oddsmakers at BetDSI, the Cavaliers are favored in today's game, as they are getting odds of -3.5 points against the Pacers. Tristan Thompson grabbed 11 rebounds Sunday, giving him double digits in all four games. Chris Paul had 27 points and 12 assists for the Clippers, who host Game 5 on Tuesday. He then pointed to a very specific example, reciting a random play from the game as if he had just watched it again.
"They made shots, stops and got big rebounds when they needed to". Honestly, it wouldn't have been insane if one or two would've ended with a IN win especially Game 3 when they were up 25 at half.
"Kyrie was great", Cavs head coach Tyronn Lue said. We play as a team. They're now 8-0 in those games. "We got up 12, 13 points but it was because of our defense. I thought we did a good job on C.J. Miles the whole series - he has been a Cavs killer since I have been here". Game Night Specials can be purchased in the Home Court Gift Shop or any of our souvenir stands located on all levels of Bankers Life Fieldhouse.
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