The Pacers were at home Sunday afternoon to face the Cavaliers in Game 4 of the East semi-finals. Indiana won the first two games of the series, while Cleveland won Game 3.
In Game 4, the Pacers fired and they never left. It was 80-39 at halftime last night, but the Cavs didn’t maintain their chances. As the series returns to Cleveland, the Pacers are up 3-1. In the first quarter of Game 4, Pacers SF Bennedict Mathurin punched Cleveland’s De’andre Hunter with a closed fist in his chest. Mathurin was then kicked out of Game 4 and was unable to return.
Should De’andre Hunter be kicked out along with Bennedict Mathurin?
Benedict Maturin was kicked out with a prominent 2 after this altercation with DeAndre Hunter.
Hunter and Miles Turner also received the skills. pic.twitter.com/uhxbpsvfyg
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On Sunday, Pacers’ Benedict Matlin and Cavaliers’ DeAndre Hunter got into a small argument. Tension was boiling all the series between Indiana and Cleveland. The same was true in Game 4. A replay of last night’s game show expanded the fist that Maturin closed in the first quarter into the Hunter’s chest. Hunter responded by swinging his fingers with matrine, then shoved him into the ground with both hands.
Pacers Center’s Miles Turner ran over and threw his shoulder to DeAndre Hunter. Eventually, Mathurin was kicked out of the game due to a Flagrant 2 penalty. Both Turner and Hunter received a technical foul. It was the first elimination of Benedict Matrine’s carrier. He only played 80 seconds on Sunday, but the Pacers managed to defeat the Cavaliers.
Indiana had a 41-point lead at halftime, but the game was by no means particularly close. Pacer currently has a 3-1 series lead vs. Cavaliers. Game 5 is ET on Tuesday at 7pm. Can Indiana close out the series on the roads of Cleveland? We’ve already seen them take games 1 and 2 on the road. Tyreese Halliburton and his team are ready for the challenge. If they defeat the Cavs in Round 2, it will be their second consecutive appearance in the Eastern Conference Finals.