With dramatic triple, King LeBron approaches Cavs to Conference Semis

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LeBron James showed off this Wednesday with 44 points and a decisive triple over the horn so that the Cleveland Cavaliers defeated the Indiana Pacers 98-95 and left the Playoffs Round 3 series in their favor.

The forward of the Cavs accompanied his master scoring performance with a stopper with three seconds remaining, eight assists and 11 rebounds, being an unstoppable force for the visitors, who never found the formula to stop him.

On a gray night of Kevin Love (11 goals) and JR Smith , who left without seeing a ring, the guard Kyle Korver appeared as a secondary luxury by signing 19 points.

The locals started down, with a game lacking ideas and defensive intensity, and went to rest seven down.

 

But in the third, everything changed. James , as a steamroller, was responsible for crushing the rival paint and, with a partial of 32-17, put his team again ahead.

LeBron added 31 points in the middle of the third quarter and all of them came from the area (24) or the free throw line (seven).

In this way, James divided the rival defense, forcing it to close on his penetrations, always leaving a free shooter, but they erred alone in excess.

Spanish baseman José Calderón started as a starter in place of the injured George Hill and provided organization, serenity, defensive intensity and six points in 20 minutes.

The Pacers, on the other hand, missed a better version of their best man, Victor Oladipo , who stayed in 12 points.

With 95-95 on the scoreboard, Oladipo had the chance to give the win to his own, but he found a withering cap from LeBron with three seconds remaining.