Cleveland Cavaliers Vs Indiana Pacers Game 4th Highlights May 04,2025 NBA PLAY-OFF 2024-25
Great MP for Darius Garland with that left foot injury as Bryant fades away and hits. So Thomas Bryant who didn’t play through three and a half quarters wasting no time. Yeah. And Rick Carlile because of foul trouble able to get all the way to the rim. And this is one of the elements of having a moley. It allows you defensively to take away airspace. You saw Dean Wade on that mid post there by Seakkum understanding he’s got help behind him because of Mley and it makes your perimeter defenders even more confident at the point of attack. Indiana has led by as many as 12. They were up six at halftime. Mo extends and Bryant gets him at the rim. What a recovery. Offensive rebound. Here comes Wade. Misses at the cup. Thomas Bryant all over the place for the Pacers. Yeah, that was just not a good read by Wade. I love the attack, but he had a corner three-point shot open that he missed. Seakum a turn example that possession pace was up. Defense on the back end not set and that created the opportunity there for Seakum. Ty Jerome misfires looking for some early offense. So, a four-point Indiana lead trying to sneak a couple of minutes a year with Tyrese Hallebertton on the bench. Remember Aaron Nesmith picked up his fourth personal midway through the Seakum. Couple of jab steps, fires, unable to hit the three over Mobley. Early stages, fourth quarter, game one of this Eastern semi. Cleveland, the number one team in the East, won 64 games this season. Hunter left it well short. inbound Moley. He’ll hoist and buries it. Evan Mobley starts hitting threes with [Music] regularity. This Cleveland team nearly unbeatable, but he has added that arsenal. He has. And it’s not just that he’s making them. He’s aggressive to take them. That’s the difference this season. Math trying to chisel his way inside. Offensive rebounder. They’re going to reset. Mathin turns a corner. Taking flight somehow getting it to the rim. Couldn’t put it down. And that was one of the few times where the spacing wasn’t good. Weak side there for the Pacers. DeAndre Hunter on the attack. Shot it at 42% from deep. Tyrese Hlebertton early, but since the first of the year, they have been a different team. one of the four best records in the league and they’ve got great depth. They’ve improved defensively and they’ve got their franchise player in number zero. Turner lead pass. Hunter lot of body contact, no whistle. Jerome’s going to pull. That was a long two. He had his foot on the three-point line. Now the break neck pace picks up again. Hallebertton. Beautiful teardrop floater. And not a bad shot by Taj Rome, but I think he could have got something easier, especially when you haven’t been rolling from the perimeter here tonight. Double double for Hallebertton. 15 and 10 dimes. Mobley on the box, elevates, and hits. That’s a play that Evan Mobley was not making a season ago. He’s gotten stronger. He’s more confident and the belief he has in his ability on display. Hallelmith and Nimhard waiting to check in at the table. Turner coughs it up. Here comes Hunter on the wing. Turn back. My goodness. Could have been a flagrant foul. Although it works out being I think the correct call a clean block. Top in from the corner. Massive shot for Indiana. This has been an incredible basketball game. Donovan Mitchell sprinkling some of his stardust on the NBA playoffs. Mith back in trying to force the issue and now the Cavs trying to push with Strus to the cup and now Turner. So, Max Streus, excellent free throw shooter. Ding, ding. Powered by Microsoft, man. There’s a ton of time left here. And you can see defensively the Pacers seeing the Cavs play with a lot more force on that side of the ball. Boy, look at Max Struth this time of season. Inbound knee Smith contested three. Look at Mitchell. Open floor, full extension, missed it. I tell you what, there needs to incredible second effort there. Not giving up on the play to come up with that block. The conditioning level of these two teams just off the charts. Hallebertton doing his dance. Crosses over, steps back, and buries it. And they’re just not good movement. This is Okoro from the corner. We said rebound knee smith three ties 14 lead changes tonight. Topping underneath sit for Cleveland. Now Leon the hard fake is 205 from deep 18 points 10 dimes for the Pacers. Sizes up Allen Nemhard. Five to shoot. Tough step back and he connects. on a deep shot. But Hallebertton, that shot there buys him another possession. Ty Jerome trying to fend off Hallebertton into the paint. Offens flick at the rim. Missed it. And Turner the loose [Applause] change. Every time Cleveland has made their push, the Pacers have answered. Alleton knives inside. Toppin finds the laces. Back rim. No offensive rebound. Knee Smith. Aaron pass. It’s a turnover. Home team. Five-point game as we cross the 5minute mark left in regulation. Here comes Mitchell up to the wreck high off glass. They have not had an answer for his ability to get to the rim. And Donovan Mitchell puts his name in the record books. Eighth straight series opener that he’s hit for 30 or plus. Andrew Nimhard. And right now this feels like a bare knuckle street fight. And they from a shot quality standpoint have consistently gotten great looks in the half court. That’s not a great look there. Still a lot of time if you’re Cleveland. It’s a two-possession game. You don’t want to get out of character with your shot selection. And just remember the end of that clincher against the Bucks for Indiana. They were down seven points with 40 seconds left. The the mental toughness of this team. Can they hold on in this building? They come up empty. You see the three-point numbers tonight. Huge discrepancy for the Pacers. Ty Jerome the leader. Big shot for the Cavs. And how about the trust Kenny Atkinson and crew have in Tai Jerome. and he rewards the mayor with a beautiful attack for the Duke. 17 points, eight assists for Ty Jerome in the NBA postseason for the first time in his career. Top in on the catch, had great position. Then it’s Turner on a stick. They have been doing that’s their first second chance point. The ABA, baby. You got to go back a few years. not in the NBA, but boy, this team is trending in the right direction. What a big possession this is for the Cavs. Down six, Ty Jerome now to Mitchell on the reset. Seven to shoot. What a match up here. Mitchell against Hallebertton doing his dance. One to shoot. Mitchell the scoop. Missed it. Well played by Hallebertton. Beautiful feed. Seakum. They do not play scared. They are looking to put pressure on you defensively the entire game, make or miss. 13- five run for the Pacers and backto back empty trips out of the timeout for Cleveland. Boy, Hallebertton starting to pick him apart. But the again game seven coming up, Houston, Golden State, Brian Anderson, Stan Gundy, Lauren Jabar will have the call. What to see job of not giving him an angle to get to the rim and they’re going to get a timeout here. That was close to a point of attack defense. All the interchangeable pieces that Rick Carile has. Stress elevates. Hallebertton got a fingertip on it. Tyrese Hallebertton doing it with defense and he has made several impactful defensive plays here tonight. We hit the twominute mark left and the restlessness grows here in Cleveland. Hallebertton around Ellen and he scoops it. Tyrese Hallebertton putting the Pacers on his back. Now you’re the Pacers. You don’t want to give up anything easy. Make them have to shoot over the top. How about the defensive job is you’re going to get next down to the final 90 plus seconds here in game one. And we talked about it. This Pacers team is really underrated and I think a lot of it is the improvement defensively. Ty Jerome massive defensive play pulls up misses and then a loose ball. That left foot injury. Mitchell taking flight. And now desperation time for the Cavs. You probably have one possession before you have to start fouling. Hallebertton slices in trying to run that clock as much as they can as we are inside of a minute. Hallebertton. Seakum now to Turner. He will fire. Offensive rebound. Gigantic pull by Seakkum and that allows Indiana to run some more seconds off the clock. Precious time and has been just a magnificent season for Indiana. 23 points. Jerome steps back and hits. So that’ll get it to seven. 34.2 or a quick foul. You cannot allow much clocks to run off. I know you don’t want to foul their best free throw shooters, but right now you can’t be Vicki. As we start to look ahead now, 10 and 15. Remember, they had that really rough start to the season. They had all kinds of defensive issues since January the 1st. The Pacers had the fourth best record in the NBA where he didn’t get to train in terms of improvement. He was rehabbing and so that led to the slow start. But then once they found their footing to your point, that’s why you you got to look at the game the way the coaches and the teams look at it. They look at the trends and this team has been trending in this direction since the first of [Music] the Indiana Pacers come to Cleveland and an awfully impressive game.
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Cleveland Cavaliers Vs Indiana Pacers Game 4th Highlights May 04,2025 NBA PLAY-OFF 2024-25
