00:00You know, still underdogs at home, on the road, and all of these games, it's time for people to start understanding that this is a legitimate team that has a chance not only to win the series against Cleveland, but also maybe even go all the way to the NBA Finals. They're playing great basketball.
00:15I totally agree. I mean, you could not come to any other conclusion after watching the game last night. You know, I think a lot of the focus has been on why the Cavs have not played particularly well.
00:26A lot of that is due to injury, of course, but I think that's taking too much credit away from what the Pacers have done.
00:32You know, they were not a good defensive team last year. That has been the big change this season. They've been defending at an extremely high level.
00:39And in addition to that, you know, they had some really good coaching tweaks to adjust to the Cavs' 3-2 zone, which was giving them problems in the previous game.
00:46So just all around, like a very, very impressive effort from the Pacers. And you're totally right that I think that we were too low on them as a collective this whole time.
00:56Yeah, I mean, Tyrese Halliburton, only 11 points yesterday, but Siakam with 21, Turner with 20, Obi Toppin with 20.
01:02Just a really balanced attack at this point. Let's take a look at the odds to win the series.
01:07Right now, Indiana's a heavy favorite, minus 320.
01:10Steph, do you think that there is still a door for Cleveland to get back into this at plus 260 right now?
01:16I mean, would you go out and live there? I mean, I feel like now that the series goes back to Cleveland,
01:20I think they'll take care of business. But, you know, I don't know. Winning three games in a row doesn't seem feasible.
01:26A lot of that, as I said, is going to depend on health. Donovan Mitchell did not play the second half of last night's game due to an ankle issue.
01:35So once we learn more about that, I think we'll be able to tell more definitively.
01:39And then Darius Garland, you know, he's missed a lot of the playoffs with this toe injury.
01:44He's tried to gut it out. I don't think he's really looked that great.
01:48You know, he was OK when he first came back from that injury, but I think he tweaked it in one of the games and it just is hampering him quite a bit.
01:57So without full health, you know, also DeAndre Hunter is dealing with this hand injury.
02:01It's just tough to see them pulling this out after this 3-1 deficit.
