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

#1 Victor Oladipo

Victor Oladipo

Stat line: 28 points, 13 rebounds, 10 assists, 4 steals on 11-of-19 shooting [6-of-8 on 3s]

If the Victor Oladipo that played in Games 1 & 6, showed up in similar fashion all through the series, then the Pacers would have probably finished up this series by now.

He had a disastrous Games 3, 4 & 5 averaging 15.7 points, 8.0 rebounds, 5.3 assists on 24.0% shooting on 21.7% on 3s. Those are not great numbers but credit Oladipo for having a stupendous bounce-back game on both ends of the floor.

This is his first Playoff series, where he's the team's No. 1 option and the opponents are game-planning to guard him. So maybe he can be excused those few drop-off games.

In Game 6, he was aggressive from the beginning but not like the previous three games where he forced the issue. He didn't jack up 3-pointers on consecutive possessions if it wasn't going in.

Every time he made a bad play on the offensively, he didn't drop his shoulders. Instead, in the next available chance, he more than made up for it by making sound decisions of either driving to the hole himself or driving and kicking it out to the open man.