The Indiana Pacers won the first game of their second round of playoffs against the Cleveland Cavaliers on Monday, surprising the first classified of the East as visitors. The Pacers added 45 points of Tyrese Haliburton and Andrew Nembhard in the first game, and six different Indiana players scored more than ten points.
Donovan Mitchell, the top scorer of the first game, scored 33 points, but the CAVs only hit 23.7% of their triples and failed Darius Garland, who was declining again due to an injury to the foot of the foot.
With an intense game start in which Indiana took an advantage of 11 points in the first quarter they took an advantage that resisted, among other things, a streak of 20-4 of the CAVs in the third. Cleveland advanced seven minutes from the end of the game, but the Pacers connected a 15-4 streak to take control.
The cavs continued to have attack possibilities in the final stretch … but they were not precise enough in the decisive times. After Donovan Mitchell failed a shot to the glass against Tyrese Haliburton, they allowed Pascal Siakam to escape for a tray without opposition.
Indiana had an extremely balanced attack. Andrew Nembhard finished with 7 of 10 field shots, 5 of 6 triples, 4 of 4 free throws. Tyrese Haliburton finished with 9 of 15 field shots, 2 of 6 triples, 2 of 2 free throws and three caps. All Indiana headlines scored more than ten points, as well as the Bennedict Mathurin reserve base.
Indiana Pacers X Cleveland Cavaliers players statistics
Indiana Pacers
- Andrew Nembhard with 23 points and six assists in 37 minutes of play.
- Tyrese Haliburton with 22 points, three rebounds and 13 assists in 36 minutes of play.
- Pascal Siakam with 17 points, eight rebounds and four assists in 34 minutes of play.
Cleveland Cavaliers
- Donovan Mitchell with 33 points, five rebounds and four assists in 34 minutes of play.
- Ty Jerome with 21 points, three rebounds and eight assists in 29 minutes of play.
- Evan Mobley with 20 points, 10 rebounds and two assists in 36 minutes of play.
Hard blow to the favorite
Despite being the top scorer of the meeting, Donovan Mitchell was not especially efficient: he conducted 13 of 30 field shots, 1 of 11 triples and 6 of 9 free throws. Ty Jerome added 8 of 20 field shots, 1 of 4 triples, 4 of 5 free throws coming out from the bench. Darius Mitchell lost his third consecutive game for a twist on a foot.
The cavs dominated possession, but did not matter. They could not turn on their triple, they could not stop Indiana Pacers and it may cost them a bit to adapt to their new rival after easily eliminating the Miami Heat in the first round. The second game will be Tuesday in Cleveland and we already have a cavs vendetta that will come furious to try to recover the lost terrain.
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