Pacers' Rick Carlisle Reveals Major Plan to Close Out Cavaliers

Indiana has the opportunity to clinch the playoff series against the Cavs on Tuesday, when the Pacers head to Cleveland for Game 5, which could make them the first team to qualify for the conference finals.

While the Pacers' roster is relatively young compared to typical playoff teams, they have already experienced a couple of playoff battles together and have knowledge of both closing out series and coming back from a deficit.

Carlisle hopes Indiana can rely on this experience to take the next step and advance towards the NBA Finals in June.

"It's all cumulative and it's all experience," Carlisle told Dustin Dopirak of the Indianapolis Star.

"It's not the where, it's the how. We have to approach things in a way that gives us the best chance to do the things we need to do which is to play hard, to play together, to play unselfish, to take care of the ball, to rebound better, those kinds of things. We have a very good idea of the kind of environment it's going to be tomorrow, the kind of desperation. They'll play their best game. We have to be ready and it's going to extremely difficult."

The Indiana Pacers will get a chance to demonstrate their ability to handle an extremely hostile and challenging environment.

If they succeed, it will mark another achievement for a playoff team that is becoming increasingly formidable.

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