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00:00It wasn't a shocker to most people.
00:01The Pacers are a pretty good team.
00:03121-112 final, the Pacers knock off the Cleveland Cavaliers
00:06in game number one of the Eastern Conference semifinals.
00:10In this game, we saw the Pacers starting lineup.
00:1317, 17, 13, 23, 22.
00:16A lot of players performing even well off the bench.
00:19You saw the first quarter.
00:20This is where you need to sting them, Joe Ranieri.
00:2236-25, we're here in the series and we're ready to go.
00:26And they held that lead throughout the game,
00:28which included a seven-point margin in the fourth quarter
00:31to hold off the Cleveland Cavaliers and Donovan Mitchell.
00:33Impressive performance of the Pacers for saying,
00:36we're here and we think we can win this series.
00:40Very much so.
00:41I mean, and one of the things that you worried about
00:45and one of the things you need to worry about Oklahoma City early
00:48is the same things that we just saw with the Cavs yesterday.
00:52They looked awful yesterday in that first half.
00:56They were not able to hit water if they fell out of a boat.
00:58But the one thing we know about the Pacers
01:01and the one thing the Pacers showed us against Milwaukee
01:04is that they can, they'll come out and blitz you.
01:07I mean, 9 of 15, 60% from three.
01:1124 of 40, 60% from the field in the first half.
01:15I mean, they were scoring and getting anything they wanted.
01:19You thought and figured the Cavs would get back into it.
01:22They weren't going to shoot that terrible forever.
01:24But was rust not an issue there for Cleveland early and often there?
01:29So they figured out once they got back up in the second half,
01:33and again, no Garland again for this game.
01:36But once they got back into it,
01:38it never felt watching that game last night, Donnie,
01:41that I ever thought Cleveland was like,
01:43like Indiana was in jeopardy of, oh no, they're going to lose.
01:46It just felt like every time Cleveland would get close,
01:49the Pacers answered and look at the shooting numbers.
01:53They, all of these guys, I mean,
01:55Halliburton was getting whatever he wanted.
01:57They played defense.
01:59Cavs could be in trouble in this one.