There was no switch flipped.
並沒有讓人眼前一亮的新面貌。
The Cavaliers’ defense, which has been unimpressive through the final stretch of the season, lived down to that billing — Indiana scored 108 points, shot 45.8 percent from three, had a ridiculous offensive rating of 118.9 points per 100 possessions, and with the game on the line were able to create quality looks.
騎士那從賽季末開始變得稀巴爛的防守，有點對不起自己豪華的陣容名單——印第安納步行者隊全場轟下108分，三分命中率高達45.8%，同時進攻效率更是高到匪夷所思，每百回合能夠得到118.9分，還在比賽中創造出了大量高質量的空位投籃機會。
That included a C.J. Miles’ potential game-winner after the Cavs forced the ball out of the hot hands of Paul George, but Miles was just short, and the Cavaliers survived to get a 109-108 win
.這其中就包括了CJ-邁爾斯最後那記險些完成的絕殺。騎士迫使手感火熱的保羅-喬治將球傳出後，邁爾斯的投籃稍稍偏短，最終騎士以109-108涉險過關。
The Cavaliers are now up 1-0 in the first round series, with Game 2 on Monday in Cleveland.
騎士目前在首輪系列賽中取得了1-0的大比分領先，雙方將於北京時間週二在克利夫蘭迎來第二場對戰。
The Pacers should go into that game with confidence that they can hang with Cleveland.
經過這場比賽，步行者應該會帶著信心踏入賽場，因為他們足以與騎士纏鬥至最後一刻。
The difference on Saturday the Cavaliers had LeBron James, who scored 32 points on 20 shots, plus had 13 assists, leading an efficient offense that got the shots it wanted against a Pacers defense that had taken a big step back this season. Kyrie Irving added 23 points but on 27 shots. Take Irving out of the mix and the Cavaliers shot 60.8 percent for the game, and they were that hot through the first half (61 percent, including Irving).
但今天兩隊的區別在於，騎士擁有勒布朗-詹姆斯，他僅出手20次就砍下了32分，同時送出了13次助攻。在他的穿針引線下，騎士在步行者本賽季大幅下滑的防守面前打出了高效率的進攻。歐文得到23分，但揮霍了足足27次出手機會。除了歐文以外，騎士其他人一共投出了60.8%的命中率，這與他們上半場的火熱表現基本持平（騎士上半場在包括歐文在內的情況下，命中率高達61%）。
The problem for Cleveland was it couldn’t get regular stops, George was making plays — he finished with 29 points — and that Cavs defense allowed the Pacers to hang around. LeBron seemed more pleased with the Cleveland defense than he should have been.
然而騎士最大的軟肋在於不及格的防守。他們無法防住喬治，讓後者全場得到29分。他們的防守導致步行者始終得以保持比分迫近。但勒布朗似乎對球隊的防守表現遠遠比人們預想的要滿意。
“I thought the effort and energy was there, but we’ve still got some Xs and Os to clean up,” LeBron said after the game.“
我對我們所投入的努力以及表現出的活力感到滿意，但在進攻端我們仍有改善空間。”勒布朗在賽後如是說。
The Cavaliers has started to pull away in the early parts of the fourth quarter, and it looked like they might coast to a comfortable win, but Indiana responded with an 11-0 run that had the Pacers up two, 105-103, with 3:30 left. Then LeBron answered with an emphatic dunk to tie it, and the Cavaliers were able to pull away a little. Then a beautiful Paul George three, followed by a stop, set up the chance for the Pacers to win it.
騎士在末節初開始逐步建立起領先優勢，看起來他們很可能會輕而易舉將勝利收入囊中，然而好景不長，步行者很快回應了一波11-0的小高潮並在比賽還剩3分半鐘時以105-103完成了反超。然後勒布朗以一記勢大力沉的血腥爆扣強勢扳平比分，接下來騎士重新建立了微弱的領先優勢，但緊接著喬治命中了一記精彩的三分，又成功封鎖了騎士下一回合的進攻，硬生生地為步行者爭取到了獲勝的機會。
On the bright side for Indiana was the play of Lance Stephenson, who had 16 points, seven rebounds and three assists on the game. He showed up when it was time to play LeBron.
對於步行者來說，一大利好消息是蘭斯-斯蒂芬斯的發揮，他全場得到了16分、7個籃板和3次助攻，每每在勒布朗上場時及時現身。
Indiana needs to make Cleveland work harder for its buckets. This struggle was more expected, the Pacers defense suffered this season. Part of that was a coaching change from the more defensively focused Frank Vogel to Nate McMillan, but part of it was personnel — when the Pacers were an elite defense they had a good defender in George Hill at the one, now there is Jeff Teague and it’s a step back at a critical position. And that’s just one example. In this game, Kyrie Irving was pumped when he saw Aaron Brooks lined up to try to stop him.
步行者需要讓騎士的得分更加艱難些。本賽季步行者在防守端表現掙扎，部分原因是他們的教練從更偏重防守的弗蘭克-沃格爾換成了內特-麥克米蘭，但也有部分原因來自於球員自身——當初步行者打出精英級別的防守表現時，他們的一號位是不錯的防守者喬治-希爾，但現在換成了傑夫-蒂格，這就造成了他們在這個重要位置的嚴重下滑。而這還只是冰山一角。比賽中，每當歐文看到試圖防守自己的是阿隆-布魯克斯時，總是會異常興奮。
Whichever team cleans up its defense more will have the upper hand on Monday in Game 2.
能夠更好地填上防守端大坑的那支球隊，將會在的第二場比賽中佔得先機。
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