Up by 9 points at the start of the fourth quarterit seemed that Carlisle’s “curse” (which has been chasing its 1,000th career victory for weeks) could finally be broken, with the Pacers ready to take advantage of Donovan Mitchell’s absence to beat the Cavs. Instead a last quarter from 36-23 led the guests to win the fourth game in the last fivethanking a Darius Garland from 29 points (14 in the fourth quarter alone), the 20 of Evan Mobley and 19 each Jarrett Allen e Sam Merrill. The usual ones 22 non Pascal they did not avoid the 13th consecutive defeat of the NBA vice-champions — lthe worst streak in franchise history
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