Pacers Take Commanding 3-1 Lead Over Cavaliers in Playoffs

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00:00Darius Garland, Evan Mobley, DeAndre Hunter, all back for that third game.

00:05Second consecutive 40-point performance out of Spida.

00:08Donovan Mitchell, there was some life once more for the number one seed out east in the Cavaliers.

00:14That quickly came to a close in the opening two quarters last night in Indianapolis.

00:20The Pacers scored 80.

00:21It had a 41-41-point lead at the halftime break, matching the largest ever halftime lead in NBA playoff history,

00:32as Indiana has taken an ever-so-commanding 3-1 series advantage over Cleveland with a 129-109 win.

00:41Again, that final score, not nearly indicative, DRS, of how dominant and impressive Indiana was last night at home.

00:49Loved what I saw out of the Pacers.

00:50Because also, it's called resilience at times, right?

00:52You see the first two games of the series.

00:54Indiana shocks the world and takes both from Cleveland.

00:57But you know, really, the metal of your basketball team, like, okay, let's understand the task at hand.

01:00We want to advance and knock out the number one overall seed.

01:03We've got to win game number three and turn the lights out on that franchise.

01:06You got busted up in that game.

01:08It's like, oh, no.

01:08How do we come back for game number four knowing that Cleveland's like, we're back in the series and we think we can win it now?

01:15How about 38-23 in the first quarter?

01:17How about 42-16 in the second quarter?

01:19And it absolutely knocked everything of that life out of the Cleveland Cavaliers, which is exactly what the Pacers did.

01:25This series is done.

01:26It's almost like a microcosm of the NBA for me.

01:28They're like, hey, don't worry about it.

01:29Number two seed out in the West.

01:31Don't worry about the regular season.

01:32This team actually stinks.

01:33They're going to get beat by a seven seed, which they did in seven games.

01:36Then you flip it over.

01:37I'm like, man, all season long, Ben.

01:39You know, we keep on wanting.

01:40Why are the Cavaliers not getting any respect?

01:42Unbelievable record.

01:43Number one overall seed.

01:44Don't worry, Donnie.

01:45The Celtics are the better basketball team there.

01:47And the Celtics were down 0-2.

01:48But the Celtics respond and say, OK, we came back in game number three, which the Cleveland Cavaliers did.

01:53I would be shocked to see, let's just say, the Celtics show up in the guard and be like, hey, got game three.

01:57Let's get waxed in game number four.

01:59Not the case, which I don't even fault the Cleveland Cavaliers.

02:02I love this much more, Ben, from the Pacers' perspective.

02:05Understand like, oh, no, we gave them life, man.

02:08They're going to be out for blood in game number four.

02:10Then it's a race in three games.

02:11They have home court advantage back.

02:13To absolutely blast them right out of the gate.

02:16Loved what I saw from the Pacers.

02:18This series right now should be over in five games.

02:21But we'll see if Cleveland has the heart of a champion to at least force games number six.

02:24But also, Ben, what are we worried about the Cavaliers?

02:27It's not them showing up on a night-to-night basis and playing hard.

02:29Who is going to show up on a night-to-night basis and play hard?

02:32They've been so injured, it just happens.

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