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In 26 minutes spent on the floor, Domas scored a total of 16 points (5/9 double, 0/2 trit., 6/10 penalty), 13 rebounds, 2 assists, interceptions and 5 errors. The tall man, who started the game in the starting five, shared the title of the team’s most productive basketball player in Cleveland with 16-point defender Malcolm Brogdon.
Nate Bjorkgren, who has been Nick Nurse’s assistant at the Toronto Raptors club, made his debut as the Pacers’ head coach in the game. The hand of a strategist who sought to change the team’s attacking philosophy for a more modern one was already felt in the first preseason match.
In last year’s championship, the Indiana team shot 28 3-pointers per game and were the rarest team to attack from afar in the entire NBA league. In the game with the Cavaliers, Indianapolis basketball players took 12 long shots in the first half and finished the game attacking from distance 44 times.
By comparison, the Houston Rockets, who threw the most three-point NBA championships last season, attacked remotely 45.3 times per game.
The Pacers, who led most of the game from the victory, began the victory with their hands in the fourth quarter, during which none of the five starting basketball players for the Indiana team appeared on the field. On the other side of the barricades, Cavaliers rookie Isaac Okoro delivered an impressive performance at a crucial moment.
The winger, invited for the fifth call-up in this year’s rookie trade, scored 16 of 18 points in the fourth quarter alone, hit all 5 shots of the game and snatched the victory from the hosts in the final minute of the match.
A tying goal was close, but TJ McConnellas hit a free kick just outside the goal.
After recovering the ball, the Cavaliers managed to organize a decisive attack in the final four seconds, at the apex of which a rookie struck by lightning found himself on the opponent’s side of the court. After receiving a pass from a teammate, Okoro scored a double point on a foul and realized that a free throw increased Cleveland’s basketball lead to three points. The Pacers were unable to start the extension for the remaining 0.3 seconds.
ISAAC OKORO, WELCOME TO CLEVELAND!#CavsPacers | #BeTheFight pic.twitter.com/nNhoC9q3WK
– FOX Sports Cleveland (@FOXSportsCLE) December 13, 2020
“Cavaliers”: Chedi Osman 23 (3/6 trit., 8/9 penalty), Isaac Okoro 18 (4/5 double, 2/4 trit., 4/4 penalty, 3 per.), Darius Garlandas 14, Damyean Doston 12 , Thon Maker 10 points (10 repetitions.
“Markers”: Malcolm Brogdon and Domantas Sabonis (13th rec.) 16 each, Myles Turner 14 (third block), Doug McDermott 13, Justin Holiday 12 (4/7 trit.), Kelon Martin 11 points.
After the game, the Pacers basketball players who will remain in Cleveland will play the second friendly with the Cavaliers club Monday through Tuesday nights.
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