On Friday, the Cleveland Cavaliers looked like the best team of the Eastern Conference.
After being amazed in the first two games of their semi-final series of the East Conference against the Indiana Pacers, the riders were dealing with business with business A 126-104 victory in match 3 In front of a hostile crowd Gainbridge Fieldhouse. The Pacers always lead the 2-1 series.
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Donovan Mitchell posted his second consecutive 40 -point match to bring Cleveland, finishing with 43 points out of 14 on 29 shots, more nine rebounds and five assists.
A Pivot 4 match is scheduled for Sunday at 8 p.m. HE in Indiana (TNT / Max).
Cavaliers are becoming healthy and launching hard
In fact, a team recovering the defensive player of the year of the NBA, his starting point guard and the top scorer of the bench is a boost.
The riders were without Evan Mobley, Darius Garland and'Andre Hunter for match 2 due to injuries, Leave them without three of their top four scorers. The team responded by relying more than ever on Mitchell, which led him to publish a night of 48 points – And looking absolutely gassed in the last disastrous minutes.
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All three were ready to go for match 3, and. I helped Cleveland open the game on an 11-0 race in tones. The Pacers rebounded enough to equalize the match at the end of the first quarter, but another race put the double -digit horsemen for good.
With the return of Mobley in particular, the riders were able to play something closer to their game. At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the riders increased from 58-34 in the bounce column and 48-32 in points of the painting thanks to their configuration in a double turn of Mobley (18 points, 13 rebounds, four assists, three flights, three blocks) alongside Jarrett Allen (19 points Rebounds, two foundations).
Quiet game for Tyrese Haliburton
It would have been difficult for Tyrese Haliburton to correspond to his heroic of match 2, but the leader of the Pacers was completely closed on Friday.
Haliburton finished with four points on 2 shots out of 8, five assists, three reversals and no rebounds. He has raised his profile as much as anyone in the playoffsBut he was invisible in a game that could have effectively finished this series.
