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After the Pacers' Game 4 mauling put the Cavs in a 3-1 series hole, Kenny Atkinson wasn't complaining about Indiana's physicality, he was admiring it.
Kenny Atkinson, recently named NBA Coach of the Year, took issue with the Pacers' physicality against the Cavaliers in Sunday's playoff game.
This semifinal series with the Indiana Pacers ... the Cleveland Cavaliers, one of the only things opponents around the league openly questioned, was how they would respond to physicality.
It would have been easy to envision the Cavs rallying around an altercation in the 1st quarter of Game 4. Instead, the Pacers rolled to a blowout win.
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The Indiana Pacers beat the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 1 of their series. Some Cavs players came out of the action banged-up.
Speaking to reporters on Monday head coach Kenny Atkinson revealed two key Cavaliers—Evan Mobley and DeAndre Hunter—were questionable entering Game 2. Mobley tweaked his ankle
The Pacers dictated flow. Cleveland chased it. Although it’s not the same physicality that bounced the Cavs from the first round in a gentleman’s sweep against the Knicks two years ago ...
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Donovan Mitchell was an unstoppable force in series' first three games. He wasn't in Game 4. A lot of that had to do with Pacers before he left injured.
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SB Nation on MSNDarius Garland believes Cavs can come back from 3-1 hole: ‘It’s been done before’INDIANAPOLIS — Darius Garland paused for 17 seconds when asked postgame why the Cleveland Cavaliers didn’t come out with enough force and match the Indiana Pacers’ physicality in Game 4.
Kenny Atkinson had warned that some of Indiana’s physicality was skirting ... involvement in volatile situations. More Cavs coverage Cavs vs. Pacers Game 4: Live updates from the Eastern ...
He's not a bad defensive player.' Haliburton affected Game 1 on both ends 'I don't think they were dirty plays,' but Pacers' physicality may cost Cavs two more players to injury Pacers' ability to ...