04 -16-2016 at their respective venues “Air Canada Centre“. Tipoff available at PBAFULLREPLAY.
RAPTORS VS PACERS
EVENTS: Full Game Replay
Where: Chesapeake Energy Arena
When: SATURDAY APRIL 16, 2016
When: SATURDAY APRIL 16, 2016
“We did a good job of playing off of each other. We have a lot of length and athleticism. We did a great job of using it, especially on that possession by scrambling and making it tough on those guys,” Westbrook said.
It was the epitome of a disruptive, energetic Thunder defensive possession, and a statement that Playoff basketball was back in Chesapeake Energy Arena. Possession after possession, the Thunder clamped down, and when the 48 minutes were over in the Game One of Round One against the Dallas Mavericks, Head Coach Billy Donovan’s club ran away with a 108-70 victory.
George missed all but six games last season after breaking his right leg while playing in a scrimmage with Team USA before the 2014 World Cup. Without their star for much of the season, Indiana slumped to a 38-44 finish and missed the playoffs for the first time in five years.
"That hurt more than the actual break, not getting this team to the playoffs last year," George said. "This means a lot, it means a lot to be back here, it means a lot to be on this stage again."
After shooting 2 for 9 in the first half Saturday, George shot 10 for 13 in the second, a performance Pacers coach Frank Vogel called "awesome."
"The biggest reason we won," Vogel said. "Paul's shot-making late in the game was spectacular."
George scored 33 points, Monta Ellis had 15 and the Pacers beat the Toronto Raptors 100-90 in Game 1 of their first round playoff series Saturday.