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.

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,

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.

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.

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 Cavs face playoff elimination as Donovan Mitchell is questionable ahead of Game 5, while everything is on the line.

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