The superb season of the Cleveland horsemen seems very pale in the playoffs against the Pacers of Indiana, which won in the account of 120-119, Tuesday in the Eastern semi-finals.
The Pacers took a serious option on this duel by winning the first two parts of the confrontation.
It is a three -point shot from Tyrese Haliburton with 1.1 seconds to scratch in the fourth quarter that made the difference in the end.
The Pacers scored their last eight points in 47.9 seconds to surprise the riders.
Haliburton has scored 11 of his 19 points in the last 12 minutes of the game. After Endew Nembhard intercepted a delivery pass from Max Strus (Cleveland) at 27.5 seconds from the end, Indiana tried a three -point basket likely to equalize before Haliburton rushes inside and was not the victim of a fault.
-He succeeded in the first frank throw, but missed the second. Haliburton then recovered the offensive rebound and drilled to the three -point line, where he scored his winner basket.
Myles Turner and Aaron Nesmith led Indiana with 23 points each. This is the first time that the Pacers have won the first two games in an outside series since the first round in 1994 against Orlando.
The Montrealer Bennedict Mathurin was the author of 19 points.
Donovan Mitchell scored 48 points for Cleveland, deprived of three key players, including two holders. The defender par excellence of the NBA of the year, Evan Mobley (left ankle), and the reservist of’Andre Hunter (right thumb) injured himself in the first match, while Darius Garland (big left toe) lacked a fourth consecutive match.
