2025 NBA PLAYOFFS East Semifinals: #1 Cleveland Cavaliers vs #4 Indiana Pacers (IND leads 3-1)

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Who wins Game 4?

Poll ended at Mon May 12, 2025 4:54 pm

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Post#61 » by ___Rand___ » Mon May 12, 2025 12:32 am

WTH? Hunter didn't get anymore than a tech? Wow.
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Post#62 » by Stone » Mon May 12, 2025 12:32 am

Refs finally got a call right
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Post#63 » by damanick10 » Mon May 12, 2025 12:32 am

BBall is so **** weak my god
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Post#64 » by doogie_hauser » Mon May 12, 2025 12:32 am

Well that is a bloody joke.

Refs have money on Cleveland. Disgraceful officiating..
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Post#65 » by Nuntius » Mon May 12, 2025 12:32 am

Hunter not getting ejected here is ridiculous. The Pacers aren't going to take this lying down.
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Post#66 » by KO7 » Mon May 12, 2025 12:32 am

Thought the refs in the earlier game today were embarrassing enough.
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Post#67 » by DowJones » Mon May 12, 2025 12:32 am

Mathurin needed this. He is a dirty player and I hope he learns from it.
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Post#68 » by Nuntius » Mon May 12, 2025 12:32 am

Ball don't lie, Hunter.
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Post#69 » by yoadknux » Mon May 12, 2025 12:33 am

Holy hell.
I wanna hear Cavs fans cry their eyes out again about physicallity and refs after this BS call
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Post#70 » by xxSnEaKyPxx » Mon May 12, 2025 12:33 am

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NBA was perfectly cool with Strus pulling this, but eject Mathurin?

Absolute joke of a league.

I'd say congrats to the Cavs, but they didn't earn ****, the NBA is gifting them the win.
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Post#71 » by holdenwait » Mon May 12, 2025 12:33 am

not tossing out Hunter right there you're asking for round 2 in a few minutes, we'll see

oh crap they ejected Mathurin but not Hunter? hmmm
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Post#72 » by Iwasawitness » Mon May 12, 2025 12:33 am

And just like that, this game just got a lot more interesting.
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Post#73 » by VicG » Mon May 12, 2025 12:33 am

Doranku wrote:LMAO Mathurin only one to get tossed. Good to see the guy who started it getting the brunt of the punishment for a change


Finally!

Also no one has gotten ejected for a shove. Mathurin punched Hunter so is prob gonna be out for game 5 too.

It’s just great to see him get tossed after trying to look like he was so smart baiting Hunter into retaliating.
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Post#74 » by Nuntius » Mon May 12, 2025 12:33 am

DowJones wrote:Mathurin needed this. He is a dirty player and I hope he learns from it.


If Mathurin is dirty then so is Hunter.
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Post#75 » by ___Rand___ » Mon May 12, 2025 12:33 am

That was NOT a punch. LOL this is total BS. League coming to the rescue of the top seed.
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Post#76 » by rockmanslim » Mon May 12, 2025 12:33 am

Wow. Mathurin thought he'd get away with it, but got 'em!
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Post#77 » by sp6r=underrated » Mon May 12, 2025 12:33 am

LMAO at "divisional rivals" No one in the NBA cares about divisions.
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Post#78 » by DowJones » Mon May 12, 2025 12:34 am

Nuntius wrote:Hunter not getting ejected here is ridiculous. The Pacers aren't going to take this lying down.


How many players are ejected for a shove? You typically get a technical for that. Mathurin threw a punch and that is why he was ejected.
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Post#79 » by Patches Perry » Mon May 12, 2025 12:34 am

I have no problem with a flagrant 1 on Mathurin but 2 is a stretch considering what we've seen so far in these playoffs.
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Post#80 » by 10DayContract » Mon May 12, 2025 12:34 am

That was very Draymond-esque of Mathurin.

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