Difficult to have worse evening for Riders than that of Sunday. Not content with having dropped their advantage of the field against the Pacers from the outset, they also saw two of their major players being physically affected in the fourth quarter. Kenny Atkinson, the franchise coach, already says ” truly worried »Regarding their availability for Game 2…
The first is none other than Evan Mobleythe defender of the reigning year, who was injured in the left ankle after a basket, falling on the foot of Myles Turner who disputed his shot. As for the second, it is Of'Andre Huntermowed in the air by the attempt to counter Benédict Mathurin while he went to the circle, and fell on his right thumb.
Who is fault: Indiana or arbitration?
Note that the referees did not whistle in fault on each of these actions, despite a “challenge” requested by Kenny Atkinson on the second situation involving thendre Hunter.
“” I do not believe that it is nasty actions, but I think that we have crossed a certain limit in terms of physical intensity and it is the famous limit that we are talking about and when it becomes excessive In any case, the coach of Cleveland On the sidelines of Game 2, which will still be played in Ohio. “” I don't think it's Indiana's fault, because I really respect their way of playing, but it is that of referees. Maybe there was no mistake and maybe I hardly interpret the rules, but that is a problem for me when two of our best players are uncertain for the next match. I find it hard to accept it. »»
The seeds of Evan Mobley and'Andre Hunter fall even worse when you know that the riders must already compose with the toe injury of Darius Garlandtheir titular leader. He missed the last three games of his team and his presence for Game 2 against the Pacers also remains uncertain.
“” It's hard, but I think we realized that we could overcome this with the guys we have However, positivated Jarrett Allen, the friend of Evan Mobley in the Cavs racket. “” We have proven it against Miami and, without wanting to talk about the past too much, we were able to overcome our absences thanks to the players we have. Kenny has been talking about it since the start of the season, but our workforce is rich and we have a lot of players capable of responding present in due time. »»
| Shots | Rebound | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | MJ | Min | Shots | 3pts | Lf | Off | Def | Early | PD | COP | Int | Ct | Fte | Pts |
| Donovan Mitchell | 71 | 31.4 | 44.3 | 36.8 | 82.3 | 0.8 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 2.1 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 2.0 | 24.0 |
| Darius Garland | 75 | 30.7 | 47.2 | 40.1 | 87.8 | 0.6 | 2.2 | 2.9 | 6.7 | 2.5 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 1.9 | 20.6 |
| Evan Mobley | 71 | 30.5 | 55.7 | 37.0 | 72.5 | 2.3 | 7.0 | 9.3 | 3.2 | 2.0 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 18.5 |
| Of'Andre Hunter | 27 | 25.1 | 48.5 | 42.6 | 82.1 | 0.6 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 2.5 | 14.3 |
| Jarrett Allen | 82 | 28.0 | 70.6 | 0.0 | 71.8 | 2.6 | 7.1 | 9.7 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 13.5 |
| Ty Jerome | 70 | 19.9 | 51.6 | 43.9 | 87.2 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 2.5 | 3.4 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 12.5 |
| Caris Lever | 38 | 23.8 | 45.3 | 40.5 | 69.9 | 0.6 | 2.2 | 2.8 | 3.7 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 10.2 |
| Max Strus | 50 | 25.5 | 44.2 | 38.6 | 82.4 | 1.1 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 3.2 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 2.1 | 9.4 |
| Georges Niang | 51 | 20.7 | 47.7 | 40.0 | 79.3 | 0.7 | 3.0 | 3.7 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 2.5 | 8.7 |
| Nae'qwan Tomlin | 5 | 12.7 | 40.6 | 20.0 | 72.7 | 1.8 | 2.4 | 4.2 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 7.2 |
| Sam Merrill | 71 | 19.7 | 40.6 | 37.2 | 96.6 | 0.5 | 1.7 | 2.2 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 7.2 |
| Isaac Okoro | 55 | 19.1 | 46.4 | 37.1 | 71.7 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 2.4 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 1.9 | 6.1 |
| Dean Wade | 59 | 21.2 | 41.3 | 36.0 | 53.3 | 0.9 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 5.4 |
| Craig Porter, Jr. | 51 | 10.1 | 51.4 | 43.8 | 71.9 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 3.7 |
| Jaylon Tyson | 47 | 9.6 | 43.0 | 34.5 | 79.2 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 3.6 |
| Emoni Bates | 11 | 6.8 | 34.2 | 36.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 3.4 |
| Javonte Green | 18 | 9.2 | 36.5 | 24.2 | 50.0 | 0.6 | 1.7 | 2.2 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 3.3 |
| JT Thor | 9 | 4.7 | 60.0 | 50.0 | 87.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 3.1 |
| Chuma Okeke | 2 | 12.6 | 28.6 | 16.7 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2.5 |
| Tristan Thompson | 40 | 8.2 | 43.7 | 0.0 | 23.3 | 0.8 | 2.6 | 3.4 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 1.7 |
| Luke Travers | 12 | 7.3 | 25.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 1.0 |
