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The East's top seed has been eliminated. With their 114-105 win in Game 5 on Tuesday night, the Indiana Pacers knocked out the No. 1 seed Cleveland Cavaliers in the second round of the 2025 NBA playoffs and clinched a spot in the Eastern Conference finals for the second consecutive season.
Pascal Siakam scored 21 points and the Indiana Pacers tied an NBA playoff record by taking a 41-point halftime lead before routing the top-seeded Cleveland Cavaliers 129-109 on Sunday night for a 3-1 lead in the Eastern Conference semifinals.
With less than 30 seconds left in regulation, Gordon hit a 3 to tie the Denver Nuggets with the Oklahoma Thunder and send Game 3 into OT.
The Indiana Pacers officially move on to the Eastern Conference Finals after eliminating the Cleveland Cavaliers 114-105 in Game 5. This makes it back-to-back years in which Indiana has made it this far in the NBA Playoffs.