US EditionA bitter end | Cleveland Cavaliers' season comes to close in 114-105 Game 5 loss to Indiana Pacers
- The Indiana Pacers defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers 114-105 on Tuesday night in Game 5 at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse to win their Eastern Conference semifinal series 4-1.
- The Pacers overcame a slow start and a halftime deficit as their offense ignited, led by Tyrese Haliburton’s efficient shooting and scoring surge in the third quarter.
- Indiana outscored Cleveland 33-20 in the third quarter and maintained control behind Haliburton’s 31 points and Andrew Nembhard’s timely 18 points, with strong defense including eight team blocks.
- Haliburton shot 10 of 15 overall, making six 3-pointers mostly from long range, while Nembhard hit 7 of 11 shots with three 3-pointers, contributing to the Pacers pulling away late in the fourth quarter.
- The Pacers advance to their second consecutive Eastern Conference finals and await the winner of the Knicks-Celtics series, while Cleveland faces crucial decisions about its roster amid salary and defensive challenges.
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Chicago Tribune
Cavaliers and Donovan Mitchell suffer another disappointment in the conference semifinals.
By JOE REEDY CLEVELAND (AP) — Donovan Mitchell thought this Cleveland team would be the one to take him to a conference finals for the first time. Instead, this trip ended in the same disappointment as his other three so far in the playoffs. Mitchell started, logged 38 minutes and scored 39 points despite a sprained left ankle. None of it was enough. The Indiana Pacers outscored the Cavaliers in the second half and eliminated the top seed in the…
‘We let the city down,’ Donovan Mitchell says after Cavs wiped out again
As crushing defeats go, the Cavaliers, wiped out in the Eastern Conference semifinals in five games for the second straight year, feel like a grape run over by a semi trailer truck carrying a full load. The Cavaliers led the Pacers by 19 points in the second quarter in a game they had to win to stay alive May 13, but the Pacers turned the game around late in the second quarter and in the third to win, 114-105, and advance to the Eastern Conferen…
Cavs' Donovan Mitchell Says People 'Going to Write Us The F--k Off' After Playoff Loss
Donovan Mitchell believes the Cleveland Cavaliers will bounce back from Tuesday's stunning Game 5 loss to the Indiana Pacers, ending their season in the second round of the Eastern Conference Playoffs for the second straight year.
'We Let The City Down' Donovan Mitchell Reacts To Cleveland's Dissapointing Playoff Run
The Cleveland Cavaliers did not expect their season to end the way that it did. On Tuesday night, the Cavs were eliminated from the playoffs by the Indiana Pacers 4-1 in their series despite coming as the #1 seed in the Eastern Conference. Unfortunately for the Cavs, they lost all three of their home games and saw Tyrese Halliburton wave them off their home court. Haliburton waved goodbye to the Cavs. pic.twitter.com/fSMIQqCVxn — NBACentel (@Th…
Marietta Daily Journal
Pacers escape 19-point hole, KO Cavaliers in Game 5
Tyrese Haliburton scored 31 points and dished out eight assists as the Indiana Pacers eliminated the host Cleveland Cavaliers with a 114-105 decision in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference semifinals on Tuesday.
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