For as high-scoring and high-flying as they came to known during the regular season, the Cleveland Cavaliers' "Cavalanche" settled to a stop when it mattered most. Despite being the No. 1 seed, the Cavaliers were bounced from the second round of the NBA playoffs in five games to the Indiana Pacers,

CLEVELAND, Ohio, - The sting of playoff elimination often triggers emotional reactions, but for the Cavs, the path forward requires precision rather than wholesale reconstruction, Terry Pluto said on this week’s Terry’s Talkin’ podcast.

As the Cleveland Cavaliers were being sent home by the Indiana Pacers in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals, the Akron native took to social media to salute Tyrese Haliburton’s electric performance. The post, meant as admiration, rubbed some fans the wrong way—especially those still loyal to the Cavs.

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.

The Cleveland Cavaliers ' 2024-25 season effectively came to an end on Tuesday night as a result of their rough Game 5 loss against the Indiana Pacers, 114-105– ultimately an abrupt and disappointing finish to the team's best regular season showing since the 2008-09 campaign.

Indiana solved the zone defense that perplexed it in Game 3, taking a 41-point halftime lead and putting Cleveland on ice.

The Indiana Pacers emphatically pushed the top-seeded Cleveland Cavaliers to the brink of playoff elimination with a dominant 129-109 win to take a 3-1 series lead.