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It doesn't seem like LeBron James is one of the NBA players who thinks Indiana Pacers star Tyrese Haliburton is overrated.
It’s Tuesday, May 13, and the Indiana Pacers (50-32) and Cleveland Cavaliers (64-18) are all set to square off from Rocket Arena in Cleveland for Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals.
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.
Donovan Mitchell missed the second half of the Cleveland Cavaliers 129-109 Game 4 loss to the Indiana Pacers after what the team announced as a left ankle injury. It was a gut punch to what was an embarrassing loss for the top-seeded Cavaliers.
The Indiana Pacers were obliterated in Game 3 of their second-round series vs the Cleveland Cavaliers. But their high-level ability to respond earned them a Game 4 win.
The Cleveland Cavaliers showed some real fight in Game 3 of their series versus the Indiana Pacers. After dropping the first two at home, the Cavs flexed their
129 points: It's the third-most points scored in a playoff game by the Pacers in the NBA playoffs. They scored 130 vs. the Knicks last season and vs. Boston in 1991. The franchise record is 150 vs. the Oakland Oaks in 1969.
Pacers guard Bennedict Mathurin was ejected from the game with just under five minutes left in the first quarter after being called for a flagrant-2 foul for hitting Cavs wing De'Andre Hunter in the chest. Hunter shoved him to the ground in retaliation, causing the officials to review the incident and eject Mathurin.