Andrew Nembhard scored 23 points and Tyrese Haliburton made 22 points, 13 assists and three blocks for 121-112 road win in the 1st game of the Indiana Paces Sunday night semifinals.
Each of Pascal Siakam and Aaron Nesmith scored 17 points, and Myles Turner had 13 points, 11 rebounds, three stealing and two blocks for Indiana's Fourth Seed Indiana, which he lost to Cavaliers after the season.
With Haliburton's 6:21, he highlighted Pacers, the 3-Bloodist in 104-102.
Cleveland shooting officer Donovan Mitchell scored 33 points, but only 13 of the field and 1 out of 11 in 3 -point trials. Six times, All-Star broke Michael Jordan's NBA record with a series of eighty straight 30 points in a series of opener.
Ty Jerome had 21 points and eight assists and released 20 points and 10 rebounds for Evan Mobley Cavaliers. On April 23, Cleveland played the third straight game against Miami Heat, without Darius Garland, the All-Star guard who sprained his left foot finger.
Cleveland was sluggish in the first match in six days, 11 in the first quarter, 11 in the second quarter.
Nesmith had three 3 points in the first five minutes of the third period, and he extended Indiana's leadership to 80-68. Cavaliers then replied with a 13-0 run from Mitchell with nine points. Turner put Pacers on the horn in front of 92-90.
Indiana's advantage rose to 45-33 at the beginning of the second in the pulley of Bennict Mathurin, but closed in 64-58 in Cavaliers Intermission. Mitchell received 15 points in 16 shots in half, while Siakam scored 13 goals and had 12 of Nembhard's Pacers.
On April 28, Cleveland completed the single sweep in the East and broke a league record with a 122 -point combined victory margin in a four -game screening. Cavaliers has been competing for the first time since 2017-2018 in the semi-conference semifinals.
Indiana, the fourth seed, eliminated Milwaukee in five games on the opening round. Pacers reached the 2024 eastern finals and lost to the final champion Boston in four games.
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