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The Indiana Pacers emphatically pushed the top-seeded Cleveland Cavaliers to the brink of playoff elimination with a dominant 129-109 win to take a 3-1 series lead.
Pascal Siakam scored 21 points and the Indiana Pacers tied an NBA playoff record by taking a 41-point halftime lead before routing the top-seeded Cleveland Cavaliers 129-109 on Sunday night for a 3-1 lead in the Eastern Conference semifinals.
Cleveland Cavaliers exit NBA Playoffs, waste 35 points from injured Donovan Mitchell in Game 5 loss to Indiana Pacers.
and Cleveland’s defensive identity is built for playoff basketball. The Pacers’ blowout win in Game 4 was an outlier fueled by unsustainable shooting and a record-tying halftime lead, but the Cavaliers are unlikely to repeat their turnover-prone ...