How Sam Merrill’s shooting can break a defense

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Merrill’s fourth-quarter explosion shows why he’d be a good fit in a potential second-round series against the Pacers.

Every opponent knows they can’t let Sam Merrill shoot threes. That gets taken to another level when he’s on a heater like he was at the start of the fourth quarter in the Cleveland Cavaliers' loss to the Indiana Pacers on Thursday night.

Merrill hit two quick threes to open the fourth. Both were the result of sloppy transition defense from Indiana.