Tyrese Haliburton scored 31 factors, Pascal Siakam added 21 and the Indiana Pacers superior to the Japanese Convention Finals for the second straight yr with a 114-105 victory over Cleveland on Tuesday night time, eliminating the top-seeded Cavaliers in 5 video games.
Donovan Mitchell, who missed the second half of Sunday’s sport attributable to a sprained left ankle, led Cleveland with 35 factors. Evan Mobley added 24 factors and 11 rebounds.
The fourth-seeded Pacers will now await the winner of the matchup between the Boston Celtics and New York Knicks. New York has a 3-1 benefit within the sequence with Recreation 5 on Wednesday night time in Boston.
The Celtics swept the Pacers final yr within the East finals.
Indiana rallied from a 19-point deficit within the first half and took management after halftime because it received all three video games at Cleveland’s Rocket Area.
It’s the first time since a 2005 first-round sequence towards Boston that the Pacers received three street video games in a playoff sequence.
The Cavs dropped three dwelling video games in a postseason sequence for the primary time.
Cleveland stormed out to a 44-25 lead with 8:10 remaining within the second quarter earlier than Indiana rallied.
The Pacers acquired inside 56-52 at halftime after which shot 14 of twenty-two from the sphere within the third quarter — together with 4 3-pointers — to go up 85-76 going into the ultimate 12 minutes.
Indiana seized management with a 17-2 run over a five-minute span within the third when Siakam had eight factors and Haliburton 5. That was a part of a 29-8 spurt that noticed the Pacers take a 12-point lead late within the third.
Cleveland was simply 7 of 26 from the sphere within the quarter.
Mitchell’s 3-pointer acquired the Cavs inside 106-103 with 1:27 remaining, however Indiana closed it out by scoring eight of the ultimate 10 factors.
Reporting by The Related Press.
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