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You are right - they as a team are very well capable of, especially at home it’s wave after wave and hustle play after hustle play. The question will be if the referees allow them to be physical enough in game 4 to really tire SGA or if he gets three or four more easy foul calls, they are in the bonus and in foul trouble early and are forced to scale back the intensity.

I agree with you, that’s a hell of a group of young, athletic, selfless two-way players on reasonable deals. If Miles Turner doesn’t leave and they have to trade an asset for a replacement - Mathurin for PJ or Gafford anyone? - then they are here to stay. Them and the Knicks could be the teams battling it out in the East for years to come.

Well...looks like they got it done at home, 116-107 to go up 2-1 in the series.  They gave OKC a taste of their own medicine, as they're defensive pressure stifled the Thunder, and SGA.  Haliburton, Mathurin, and Siakam did the rest. I really like this Pacers team. They are well put together for the style they play.  You very seldom can count them out of any game. I see them being a force in the East whether they win it all this year, or not. Cleveland is still around. You have to include them. I can't say the same for NY, especially now that they don't have a viable coach after unceremoniously firing the best coach they've had in years. I also doubt Indy gives up Mathurin who fits what they do. The teams to watch on the come up are Orlando and Detroit.