2025 NBA PLAYOFFS East Semifinals: #1 Cleveland Cavaliers vs #4 Indiana Pacers (IND leads 2-0)

[dWadeOwnzYou]

What a waste of a 60+ win season. So sad for the Cavs. Injuries hasn't been kind to them the last few season.

[Castle Black]

Just a brutal loss for the Cavs. Pacers absolutely stole that game. They never led until Haliburton's game-winner. Nuts.

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[life_saver]

Just unfortunate for Cavs to suffer so many key injuries at such a crucial time

[ORLMagicGirl15]

As a Cavs fan, this is truly heartbreaking.

Also, shout out to Donovan Mitchell, one of the baddest in the game. We might get swept.

The Magic won around 60 games one season and was #1 in the conference and lost the first 2 at home to Boston. I think they lost in 6.

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Yeah but in the ECF. Not the second round.

[Nuntius]

the nba really has to figure out their double scheduling of games. the last 2 minutes of this game has taken 30 minutes. And nothing exciting is happening. It is lot of boring slow paced basketball with lot of foul calls and stoppage.

Well, something exciting did end up happening at the end

[Calvin Klein]

Give me Knicks Pacers ECF please

[Riverwalk2021]

PUT SOME MFN RESPECT ON HALIBURTONS NAME!!!!

Jerome isn’t a starter in this league and whoever pays him to be one is going to instantly regret it.

Yeah Haliburton is one of my favs. He's fragile but so skilled offensively. He makes really good decisions in crunch time. Refreshing to see somebody attacking the cup instead of resorting to step back 3's every friggin time.

[Wizop]

I was watching thinking this could be easier than 7 down with 40 seconds.

Haliburton did not overrate himself.

[DowJones]

I said it earlier--Cavs played really hard, but they didn't play well. That was a really bad game from them. I know they were without 2 all-stars and a 6th man of the year candidate, but that was still a really poor game by the Cavs.

Cleveland has a chance if they miraculously get healthy, but it isn't looking good.

Why would anyone expect the Cavs to play well top players?

I honestly expected the Cavs to get blown out but the Pacers are soft.

The turnovers down the stretch, the missed rebounds on free throws, the terrible 3-point shooting, and Ty Jerome just having a truly awful game--easily the worst of his season. I don't think it is unreasonable to expect the Cavs to play better. They are playing a good but not great Indiana team. This was a game they should have won had they played even an average game. The effort was there--it was there in spades--but it was just a bad game.

[baldur]

That's it. Cleveland has been exposed.

Lmao man stop it. Being down two all stars and our fourth leading scorer led to Mitchell being exhausted....I know you have to be smarter than that come on

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Just stop it.

[Doranku]

Ty Jerome a bum. Shameful performance

[AlexanderRight]

It amazes me how guys who've dedicated their whole lives to a sport to where they are paid millions of dollars still get too scared to execute basic fundamentals. All Cleveland had to do was not turn the ball over.

[threethehardway]

That comment really aged poorly.

Tyrese did nothing all game while Donovan Mitchell killed himself to his team in position to win, taking on 2 and 3 defenders at a time.

Tyrese had Nembhard out here turning the ball over left and right in the half court.

And Tyrese does the only thing he can do in the half court, which is a step back 3, like I said and the comment is in poor taste.

I could understand if Tyrese took over the 4th and he looked like Kobe vs. the Raptors.

But Tyrese getting to his only move, which I said is his only move...is my comment aging poorly.

I forget most casuals only care about what happens in the last 2 minutes...

[facothomas22]

The Cavaliers are in big trouble. This was basically was basically a must win for them and despite of Mitchell putting up almost 50 points, they still lost due to collapsing in the 4th quarter. The Pacers now have all of the momentum heading to Indianapolis.

[CKB]

Too bad Hali's dad can't celebrate this win at the game. He would be cussing at Mitchell on the court.

[Raps in 4]

It amazes me how guys who've dedicated their whole lives to a sport to where they are paid millions of dollars still get too scared to execute basic fundamentals. All Cleveland had to do was not turn the ball over.

They choked. No amount of training can overcome nerves. You're either clutch or you aren't.

[JujitsuFlip]

Just unfortunate for Cavs to suffer so many key injuries at such a crucial time

Literally the 4th post season in a row key guys get hurt for the Cavs lol

[Riverwalk2021]

Give me Knicks Pacers ECF please

I reckon we get a rematch of last year's but if Porzingis doesn't change his pampers, the Knicks can definitely make it.

[CelticSooner]

What a waste of a 60+ win season. So sad for the Cavs. Injuries hasn't been kind to them the last few season.

It's always injuries that cost teams in the playoffs. In a perfect world all teams stay healthy and fight it out.

[DusterBuster]

Best second round in a while

Yeah, usually first rounds are awesome, second rounds are a bit of a letdown. This years been a fantastic second round.