Pacers advance to Conference Finals + Thunder survive Jokić
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How did the Pacers advance to the Eastern Conference Finals?
Zena, the Pacers are the first team to make the conference finals. What do you think? Just initial gut reaction to the Pacers making a second consecutive conference finals.
They deserve it. Dave, I think if you're looking at all the teams in this playoffs, I think Who is the most consistent to what they look like during the regular season? It's Indiana. They were an offensive team focused in terms of being able to get the ball around. They averaged about 30 assists during the regular season. They're doing the same thing in the playoffs. They have their starters distributing the ball, distributing the amount of field goals they're making. They're doing the same thing in the playoffs. They have not veered away from what got them success in the postseason. Now, some teams... have picked up some new skills in the postseason, which is great. But a lot of teams have completely changed their identity.
And it's been their downfall, including the team that Indiana just took care of in the Cleveland Cavaliers. So I look at Indiana and I say, shout out to you for staying consistent, being efficient and staying true to who you are and finding success in that, because that's exactly what's gotten them here.
Yeah, I think, look, if you were going to look back at just this series, you would say that the Pacers and the Cavs were much closer than their records look like, right? The Cavs get off to this great start. They have multiple 15 or three, right? 15 game win streaks or something like that. I mean, at least two. I can't remember if there was a third one that made it there. There's two. I think it was 12 games it made it to. And the Pacers got off to a rough start, but then they finished the season 34 and 14. Andrew Nembhard comes back. All of a sudden, that defense makes so much sense. And and in my opinion, the way that the Cavs kind of went into the playoffs was so different than the way that their regular season had gone up to that point.
Why did the Cavaliers fall short against the Pacers?
You know, they were blowing a lot of games in March. They started picking up injuries. Right. They go into this series, they pick up some injuries to key players. Darius Garland misses a couple of games. Deandre Hunter's out. Evan Mobley was out. And then you see in this game, you know, last night, man, they've really missed Evan Mobley and they missed him being 100 percent. And I mean, he made a big difference, but it wasn't enough to keep him in the series. Cavs kind of ran out of steam, but. Indiana won this series, right? They were the better team. I thought they were the better team in pretty much every single game, even the one that they got blown out. I thought there was a lot of stuff that was positive for Indiana outside of Tyrese Halliburton having a really awful game. They just wound up having more guys that were playoff players. You know, Ty Jerome just didn't didn't bring it. And I think that what we're seeing throughout the playoffs is about having, you know, do you have six guys you trust?
Facts, facts. I literally can tell you the numbers. I mean, we can go down the list of the actual players, but let's look at from a team perspective. The Cavs had every opportunity to get this done. It's just a matter of who could execute in those opportunities. The Cavs attempted 47 more free throws than the Pacers, and they made 39 more. That's awesome.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
How did the Pacers advance to the Eastern Conference Finals?
1:07–3:02
2
Why did the Cavaliers fall short against the Pacers?
3:02–9:02
3
What changes should the Cavaliers consider for next season?
9:02–13:49
4
How did the Thunder manage to survive Jokić's performance?
13:49–16:44
5
Why is Lu Dort crucial for the Thunder's playoff success?
16:44–33:00