INDIANAPOLIS: It was a gaffe that could have cost the Cavaliers the game, and J.R. Smith knew it.
The Cavs escaped with a 106-102 victory over the Pacers Sunday in Game 4 at Bankers Life Fieldhouse, sweeping the first-round series. The Cavs will get a week off before hosting the winner of the Milwaukee Bucks-Toronto Raptors series on May 1.
But Smith realized what he’d done, and what he shouldn’t have done.
After stealing the ball from the Pacers’ Paul George, Smith tried to make a behind-the-back pass to Kyrie Irving on the fast break with 9.