It's Cavs vs. Pacers in the 2025 NBA playoffs. Follow here for live updates of Game 5 of their 2nd-round Eastern Conference series from Indianapolis.

Indiana has reached the Eastern Conference Finals for consecutive years. That's not lucky, this team is for real.

Cleveland Cavaliers exit NBA Playoffs, waste 35 points from injured Donovan Mitchell in Game 5 loss to Indiana Pacers.

There are plenty of reasons the Cavs fell apart in the Eastern Conference semifinals against the Indiana Pacers. I don’t blame fans for not wanting to litigate all of those right now — and there’s plenty of time in the offseason for those big picture conversations about Cleveland getting bullied out of the playoffs for a third straight year.

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.

December 9, 2023; Las Vegas, Nevada, USA; Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James (23) shoots the basketball against Indiana Pacers guard Tyrese Haliburton (0) during the first quarter of the in-season tournament championship at T-Mobile Arena. Mandatory Credit: Kyle Terada-Imagn Images / Kyle Terada-Imagn Images

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

The New York Knicks and Indiana Pacers are going at it again. The two teams are meeting in the Eastern Conference Finals with a trip to the 2025 NBA Finals at stake. The Pacers eliminated the Knicks in the conference semifinals last year,