Game 3: Cleveland Cavaliers 90-92 Indiana Pacers - 5 Talking Points

#1 Bojan Bogdanovic

Bojan Bogdanovic

The man of the moment!

With Oladipo struggling from the floor, the Pacers needed someone else to come up big and up stepped Bojan Bogdanovic. Bogdanovic went nuclear in the 4th quarter, outgunning James as he kept the Cavaliers at bay with some incredible 3 point shooting. Bogdanovic scored 15 in the 4th quarter, including 12 straight for the Pacers in the critical stretch when they took over the game.

With the score tied at 77, he scored 7 in a row to push it to 84-77, after which James answered with 7 straight of his own, only for Bojan to score the next 5 to give the Pacers the lead for good. His presence on the floor is going to be vital in the coming games. Cleveland would in all likelihood double Oladipo again and the Pacers struggled when Bojan was taken out for Lance Stephenson late in the game due to foul trouble, as the Cavs just left him wide open.

That allowed the 7-0 Cleveland run and it was only after Bojan came back in the game that Indiana got back into its groove. His 30 foot 3 pointer with the shot clock winding down might end up being the defining moment of this series.