The host Indiana Pacers, meanwhile, weren't so high-fashion inclined. They just came to work with their hard hats and lunch pails.
The contrast in outfits was just one of the many tangible qualities that define this Cavaliers-Pacers series. Royalty versus the common folk. The famous versus the anonymous.
But after Game 3, a killer thriller in which Indiana climbed out of a 17-point deficit to stun Cleveland, 92-90, it had become evidently clear that these Pacers are no longer just irritants to the reigning and defending Eastern Conference champions. They area a clear and present danger.
Up 2-1 in this best-of-seven opening round series, the fifth-seeded Pacers are halfway through an upset of the fourth-ranked Cavs. The King's robe isn't just wrinkled, its beginning to fall off the seams. And those nondescript Pacers, many of whom you couldn't recognize in a police line-up, are slowly becoming household names.
Victor Oladipo stood out in Games 1 and 2, burnishing his All-Star credentials and cementing his claim as this season's Most Improved Player.
In Game 3, it was Bojan Bogdanovic's turn. The 29-year old from Bosnia and Herzegovena erupted for 30 points on 11-for-15 shooting. The 6-foot-8, 216-pounder also did a marvelous job guarding James, who is an inch taller and 34 pounds larger.
The 31st overall pick (second round) in the 2011 NBA draft, Bogdan's nickname is Bogey. And boy did he dance under the bright lights.

He sank all four of his 3s in the fourth quarter. And when James knotted the count at 84-84 with a pair of free throws, Bogey made a driving lay-up and drilled a gut punch 3 that put the Pacers ahead for good, 89-84, with 2:26 to go.
THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY. Some losses sting, others not as much, the kind of which you hang your head high, secure in the knowledge that you did your best and it just wasn't good enough.
But for Cleveland, this loss was a bad beat. Bird in hand before slipping away like water through their fingers.
This season, playoffs included, the Cavaliers were a staunch 40-0 when leading after three quarters, something they did in Game 3 when they entered the fourth quarter nursing a 69-63 cushion. Cleveland was up 17 at halftime, but after scoring 33 in the first quarter they managed only 31 in the entire second half.
"I just thought their physicality ... denying the ball, getting into us so when we catch the ball we're back on our heels. The pressure. I thought it just hurt us, man," Cavs head coach Ty Lue told the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
There were other factors that contributed to Cleveland's Game 3 demise. They shot poorly, 44.2 percent from the field and 30.8 percent from long distance, and had 16 turnovers. But the third quarter was their waterloo, an ugly 12-minute span where they made only five of 19 field goals and one of 10 triples. They also coughed up the ball seven times.
LeBron was great as usual, 28 points, 12 rebounds and eight assists. Kevin Love was good, 19 points and six boards while George Hill was decent with 13.
The rest of the Cavs?
Well, it looks like they entered the FBI's federal witness protection program.
"It was a ballgame with less than five minutes to go. We got an opportunity to still win, so if we can make some shots and execute better down the stretch, it could be a different narrative," LeBron told reporters.
The operative word here is "if" they can make shots. In three games so far, the only thing the Cavs have proven consistently is their dangerous capacity to surrender huge leads.
I never thought I'd say this, but the fact that the Pacers can indeed dethrone the King is no longer just a playful thought.
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