Tyrese Haliburton scored 31 factors, Pascal Siakam added 21 and the Indian Pacers went to the Eastern Conference finals for the second consecutive 12 months with a victory of 114-105 over Cleveland on Tuesday night, eliminating the knights with the best seed in 5 video games.
Donovan Mitchell, who misplaced the second half of the Sunday recreation on account of an unfortunate left ankle, led Cleveland with 35 factors. Evan Mobley added 24 factors and 11 rebounds.
The Pacers of the fourth seed 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 Game 5 Wednesday night in Boston.
The Celtics swept the pars final 12 months within the japanese finals.
The Indiana gathered from a 19 -point deficit within the first half and took management after the interval whereas profitable all three video games on the Rocket Arena in Cleveland.
It is the primary time from a sequence of the primary spherical of 2005 towards Boston that the Pacers received three highway video games in a sequence of playoffs.
The Cavs dropped three video games in the home in a submit -stone sequence for the primary time.
Cleveland rushed to the benefit 44-25 with 8:10 remaining within the second quarter earlier than the Indiana gathered.
The pacer reached 56-52 in half time after which shot 14 out of twenty-two from the sector within the third quarter-tastra to whom 4 3 episodes-to climb 85-76 going within the final 12 minutes.
The Indiana seized the management with a race of 17-2 in a five-minute span within the third when Siakam scored eight factors and Haliburton Five. This was a part of a shot of 29-8 which noticed the pacer take a bonus of 12 factors on the finish of the third.
Cleveland had solely 7 out of 26 from the sector within the quarter.
Mitchell’s 3-pointer obtained the Cavs by 106-103 with 1:27 remaining, however the Indian closed it by marking eight of the ten last factors.
Reporting by the Associated Press.
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