Pacers vow to ‘circle the wagons’ after Thunder loss

The Pacers seemed poised to take a commanding 3-1 lead within the best-of-seven collection after surging 10 factors clear late within the third quarter in entrance of a raucous house crowd in #Indianapolis.

But a sensational fourth quarter from the Thunder who outscored the Pacers 31-17 within the last body left the collection knotted at 2-2 heading into recreation 5 in #Oklahoma City on Monday.

“This is where we’re going to have to dig in and circle the wagons and come back stronger on Monday,” Carlisle mentioned after the loss. “This is an enormous disappointment, however there’s three video games left.

“We’ve received to bounce again. I needn’t encourage these guys. But this sort of a problem goes to have excessive highs and excessive lows.

“This is a low right now, and we’re going to have to bounce back from it.”

Carlisle, in the meantime, bemoaned the truth that the Pacers had been unable to construct an even bigger lead within the third quarter throughout a interval of dominance that left the Thunder pinned towards the ropes.

“We had some terrific opportunities that we did cash in on in the third quarter, and some late third quarter that we did not that would have made it tougher on them going into the fourth quarter,” mentioned Carlisle, whose group led 87-80 heading into the ultimate interval.

“You’re up seven at home, you have to dig in and find a way,” Carlisle mentioned. “We were unable to do it tonight.”

Pacers ahead #Pascal Siakam backed Indiana to shake off the frustration over the ultimate three video games of the collection, beginning with recreation 5 in #Oklahoma City on Monday.

“We’ve won some games on the road before,” Siakam mentioned. “We’ve simply received to go on the market with our confidence.

“It’s going to take a lot and it’s going to be hard, but I think we have the group capable of doing that.”

Pacers Talisman #Tyrese Haliburton mentioned Indiana can be prepared.

“We’ve got to be ready to go game five, going into a hostile environment,” Haliburton mentioned.

“We have to be ready to play. For us to win, we’re going to have to win one down there. We’ve got a couple days to sit on this, watch film and see where we can get better. I’m excited about the challenge.”

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