Well playas…the Pacers may have blown their wad in Game 4 with the 104-100 loss to the Cavs. For the second game in a row they started slow only to have to fight like crazy to get back into it. In Game 3 they were down 17 at the break only to come roarin’ back to win it. They’ve exerted a lot of energy to be all knotted up at 2-2 goin’ back to Cleveland for Game 5.
Before the series started I said that the Cavs would knock Indiana off in six because LeBron has never loss a first round series in his 15 year career. The Pacers were red hot comin’ into the playoffs but that Philistine hadn’t loss a first round game since 2012.
Then Nate McMillan and Co. went to the Q and beat the brakes off them in Game 1 changin’ the game on a boy. LeBron suffers his first loss in the first round in more than 6 years and now boyz are thinkin’. Panic? No need for that. The Cavs come back to knot it up at one apiece in Game 2 but they had to work.
Now it looked like the Cavs were in trouble comin’ back to Indiana for games Game 3 and 4. However, after the dust has settled the Pacers are the ones that look to be in trouble. This series literally could easily be 3-1 Cavs right now with the way the Pacers have played early in the last two ball games.
Cleveland has gotten it’s confidence back goin’ back to the crib and they’ve got that Philistine. They haven’t played well at all durin’ the series but…they’ve got home court advantage and that Philistine.
The Cavs seemed to have figured out how to defend Victor Oladipo by trappin’ him and sendin’ two defenders at him every time he touches the rock. They’re cool with lettin’ someone else beat them but not him. If Bogdanovic can score 30 then that’s what’s gotta happen but Vic’s not goin’ off for 30 again.
If someone else on the Pacers’ roster can beat the Cavs then they’re willin’ to gamble with that. That seems to be the game plan and they’re stickin’ to it from here on out. I wouldn’t be surprised if the Cavs win the next two to get rid of these boyz with that strategy.
It’s the playoffs and I don’t see anybody else takin’ over for the Pacers. Unless Oladipo can explode again I think the Blue and Gold are done. Stop me when I start lyin’!
Playas Thesaurus:
The G is excluded from the endings of all words because the G is near and dear to my heart because I’m from “The G” which is Gary, Indiana. So I only use the G when I’m talkin’ about “The G!”