The Pacers won Games 1, 2 and 5 at Rocket Mortgage Arena to help secure their spot in the Eastern Conference Finals. Indiana needed to battle back from a 12-point first-quarter deficit. Tyrese Haliburton's three-point shooting played a huge role in clawing back into the game.

The top-seeded Cavs lost Game 5 of the Eastern Conference semifinals to the underdog Pacers, 114-105 — a failure that showed Cleveland how far it still needs to go.

It would have been easy to envision the Cavs rallying around an altercation in the 1st quarter of Game 4. Instead, the Pacers rolled to a blowout win.

The Cleveland Cavaliers ' 2024-25 season effectively came to an end on Tuesday night as a result of their rough Game 5 loss against the Indiana Pacers, 114-105– ultimately an abrupt and disappointing finish to the team's best regular season showing since the 2008-09 campaign.

The Cleveland Cavaliers now place themselves on the wrong side of history after second-round exit against the Indiana Pacers.

The Indiana Pacers are hosting the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 4 of their second-round NBA playoff matchup on Sunday night. The Pacers have a 2-1 series lead, but the Cavaliers have some momentum after a Game 3 win and with an increasingly healthy roster.

With more than 900 career wins and a championship ring, Rick Carlisle's tactical brilliance was on full display. The Wine and Gold Talk podcast dissects how he systematically outmaneuvered the Cavs in Game 4.

Donovan Mitchell gave everything he had. But in the end, effort wasn’t enough to save the Cavs from another early playoff exit.

The Cavaliers routed the Pacers 126-104 in Game 3, making the road teams 3-0 in this series. Indiana won Games 1 and 2 in Cleveland. Here is the series schedule, with a Game 5 start time:

The Indiana Pacers fought back from a 19-point, second-quarter deficit to eliminate the top-seeded Cleveland Cavaliers from the NBA playoffs and reach the Eastern Conference Finals for a second straight year.