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Chris Mannix

If You Weren't a Believer Before, Game 2 Proved the Pacers Are the Real Deal

Pacers Indiana Rick Carlisle Tyrese Haliburton Pascal Siakam Game 2 Knicks Aaron Nesmith Ben Sheppard Bucks
The Pacers will return to Indianapolis with a 2–0 lead after winning both games in New York. | Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE/Getty Images

NEW YORK — Maybe you were iffy on Indiana. Maybe you shrugged at the first-round series win over a (mostly) Damian Lillard-less Bucks team. Maybe you dismissed the Cavaliers as flawed. Maybe you thought this superstar-less bunch that wins with a bench so deep you need a media guide to keep up could never make the Finals. 

Well … do you believe now? 

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