Game 6: Cleveland Cavaliers 87-121 Indiana Pacers - 5 Talking Points

#4 Complete team effort for the Pacers with their bigs posting up

Domantas Sabonis had another spectacular game off the bench

We had mentioned in the talking points for Game 5 of this series how the Pacers' big men were taking great advantage of the Cavaliers' weak interior defense and how they didn't use that enough when it mattered.

This game, they went to those switches time and again, irrespective of which big men was out there - Myles Turner, Thaddeus Young or Domantas Sabonis. They made hay early, just like they were doing late in Game 5. Although it didn't have a game-changing impact, because of the other good things the team did, it was still good to see this young Pacers team make the right adjustments.

Overall too, the team had it going on both ends of the floor, shooting 56.3% from the field, 50.% from beyond the arc and forcing the Cavaliers into 14 turnovers [Indiana had only 7]. A lot of those turnovers, where forced by the Pacers, recording 9 steals for the game.

For the game, Indiana had seven players score double-digit points (Corey Joseph had 9). Key underrated contributions came from Darren Collison (15 points, 5 assists, 6-of-9 shooting and 3-of-4 on 3s) and Lance Stephenson (12 points, 6 assists, +28). Meanwhile, Sabonis continued his string of sensational games with 19 points, 6 rebounds (4 offensive) on 9-of-11 shooting and a +28.