1. “Cleveland played desperate,” Pacers coach Rick Carlisle said in Friday’s postgame press conference. “They played the way they needed to play. We have to be ready to fight from the beginning of the game. When you’re down 11-0 (to start the game), well, you’re not there … ”

A home team has yet to win a game in the Eastern Conference semifinals series between the Indiana Pacers and Cleveland Cavaliers. The Cavaliers grabbed their first win of the series, trimming the Pacers' lead to 2–1 Friday night as guard Darius Garland,

Rick Carlisle used 11 men in his rotation and subbed out all of his starters in the third quarter but rode them in the fourth to outlast the Cavs.