Jarrett Allen wasn't on the floor during last year's Eastern Conference semifinals. He was this year, but he didn't do enough to help the Cavs get further.

Cavs series, 48 of 50 predictions went with Cavaliers. "It's impossible to pick against them." The two who did? They work for IndyStar.

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.

Tyrese Haliburton scored 31 points as the Indiana Pacers came from behind to defeat the Cleveland Cavaliers 114-105 and send the top seeds tumbling out of the NBA playoffs on Tuesday.Fourth-seeds Indiana will now meet either the Boston Celtics or arch-rivals the New York Knicks in the Eastern Conference finals,

Tyrese Haliburton scored 31 points, hitting six 3-pointers and dishing out eight assists to lead the Pacers to a 114-105 win over the Cavs in Game 5.

For the second straight season, the Cleveland Cavaliers have failed to advance past the second round of the Eastern Conference Playoffs. And this time around, it's hard to label it as anything other than an abject failure.

The Indiana Pacers have the chance to knock out the Cleveland Cavaliers in Tuesday night's Game 5. The Cavs won 64 games in the regular season but are now one loss away from going home. The Pacers won't two close games on the road to start this series,

Cleveland's standout guard misses the 2nd half of the team's Game 4 defeat that drops it into a 3-1 series hole.

The series goes back to Cleveland for Game 5 with the Indiana Pacers up a shocking 3-1 lead over the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Teams that lead a seven-game series by a 3-1 margin have a 280-13 record of closing it out. That means 13 teams did it, including the 2016 Cavs with LeBron James. That was in the NBA Finals, the only team ever to come back from 3-1 and win a title.

Cleveland's coach won the award, which is given based on cooperation with the media and fans and for on-court excellence.