With a pivotal Game 4 of the first round series between the Indiana Pacers and Cleveland Cavaliers set for Sunday night, veteran shooting guard Lance Stephenson believes that the Pacers have the Cavs right where they want them.
According to an article written by Mike Wells of ESPN, Stephenson opened up about his mentality heading into such an important game at Bankers Life Fieldhouse tomorrow night.
“We have full control right now,” Stephenson said after practice on Saturday. “We have to keep it. We get another win in our building, and that's when I think they're going to start panicking. We're going to bring it like we [brought] it the first game.”
However, Stephenson also said that the Pacers have no room to relax and must keep their foot on the gas, especially against such a dominant player like Cavs superstar forward LeBron James.
“Our goal is to stay together, try to contain LeBron, play team defense,” Stephenson added. “That team is a good team. I don't think they're going to get frustrated.”
In Game 3 on Friday night, the Pacers were able to rally to a 92-90 victory after being down by 17 points at halftime. Indiana small forward Bojan Bogdanovic had the game of his life and outdueled LeBron's 28-point effort when he went off for a game-high 30 points on 11-of-15 shooting from the field, while All-Star shooting guard Victor Oladipo had 18 points, seven assists, six rebounds, and three steals.
As for Stephenson, he has looked pretty solid off the bench and continues to play stout defense for the Pacers. In three games this series against the Cavs, Stephenson is currently averaging 10.0 points on 46.4 percent shooting from the floor, 4.7 rebounds, and 1.3 assists per game in roughly 21.7 minutes of action per contest.
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