With 22 turnovers, including two costly turnovers in the final 27 seconds, the Pacers let a game slip away despite leading by three points with the ball in the final 10 seconds of regulation.dribbled the ball off his foot for an unforced turnover. Yet, Indiana still got the ball back with a chance to seal the game at the free throw line with 10.0 seconds remaining.
The Pacers became the first team since at least 1997-98 to lose a playoff game despite inbounding the ball up 3 in the final 10 seconds, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. Over the final 5:30 of the game, including overtime, the Pacers had more turnovers than field goals .said."Being a youthful team and being in this high stakes of a game, those uncharacteristic mistakes just made their way out."
"All year long, our battle cry has been 'continue to play, continue to push tempo, continue to execute, keep playing no matter what,'" Carlisle said."It's served us well and it did tonight too. So, we got - it's unfortunate we did so many good things in this game that it came down to a couple of mistakes at the end. But, this is the NBA playoffs. And, we've got to learn from it, and we got to bounce back.