Pacers Eliminate Top-Seeded Cavaliers 114-105
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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.
Indiana has reached the Eastern Conference Finals for consecutive years. That's not lucky, this team is for real.
The second round of the 2025 NBA playoffs is here, and our NBA insiders have you covered for every game of the Eastern and Western Conference semifinals. The No. 4 seed Indiana Pacers kicked off the East semis by taking a 2-0 lead over the No.
With less than 30 seconds left in regulation, Gordon hit a 3 to tie the Denver Nuggets with the Oklahoma Thunder and send Game 3 into OT.
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Now, the top seed in the Eastern Conference is just a single game away from an early postseason exit.
Though he missed the playoffs in his first two seasons back, Carlisle led the Pacers to the Eastern Conference Finals last year. Sunday’s win marked his 33rd playoff victory with the team, surpassing both Larry Bird (32 wins from 1997 to 2000) and Frank Vogel (31 wins from 2011 to 2016).