LeBron, Cavs look to end run of futility in Indiana

LeBron James is keeping his thoughts to himself. Whatever concerns — or confidence — he might harbor about his Cleveland Cavaliers facing a 2-1 first-round Eastern Conference series hole heading into Game Four at the Indiana Pacers on Sunday (Monday, Manila time) were not going to be made available for public consumption. James decided not to speak to reporters on Saturday. And he did not have a whole lot to say in the immediate aftermath of Game Three, either, when Indiana erased a 17-point deficit and then held on for a 92-90 victory over the Cavs.

Not only has the four-time MVP and three-time NBA champ never lost an opening NBA postseason series, going 12-0 in the past, he had never even trailed in the first round until this one, when Cleveland dropped Game One at home.

Now he is behind again.

"We've had some good quarters," James said on Friday, "and we didn't have some good quarters."

Well, that explains a lot.

Cleveland coach Tyronn Lue's synopsis? "They won a game we should have won," Lue said. "That's what's disappointing. But we're not discouraged. We've got to get Game Four — and I'm confident."

Sunday's other NBA games are the Boston Celtics at the Milwaukee Bucks, the Golden State Warriors at the San Antonio Spurs, and the Toronto Raptors at the Washington Wizards.