CLEVELAND — Tyrese Haliburton scored 31 factors, Pascal Siakam added 21 and the Indiana Pacers superior to their second straight Japanese Convention finals with a 114-105 victory over Cleveland on Tuesday evening, eliminating the top-seeded Cavaliers in 5 video games.
Donovan Mitchell, who sat out the second half of Sunday’s sport due 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 Thursday evening in Boston.
Indiana is the primary crew since seeding started in 1984 to achieve the convention finals in consecutive years as a 4 seed or decrease each occasions, in line with ESPN Analysis. The Pacers reached it final 12 months as a 6 seed and have been swept by the eventual champion Celtics.
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 is the primary time since a 2005 first-round sequence towards Boston that the Pacers have received three highway video games in a playoff sequence.
The Cavs dropped three house video games in a postseason sequence for the primary time.
Cleveland stormed to a 44-25 lead with 8:10 remaining within the second quarter earlier than Indiana rallied.
The Pacers obtained to inside 56-52 at halftime after which shot 14-of-22 from the sector 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 sector within the quarter.
Mitchell’s 3-pointer obtained the Cavs to inside 106-103 with 1:27 left, however Indiana closed it out by scoring eight of the ultimate 10 factors.
The Related Press contributed to this report.
