"A Donovan Mitchell led team has never been to a Conference Finals," Perkins wrote on X following Cleveland's elimination from the postseason. "I don’t care how you slice it, but this season for the Cavs is a complete failure."

Game 5 loss. Cleveland lost the best-of-seven series 4-1. With their backs against the wall, facing the most adversity of the season, the Cavs got off to a nervy start. So did Indiana. The two teams — each with a prolific offense — were a combined 4 of 19 from the field and 0 of 7 from 3-point range in the opening four-plus minutes.

Indiana has reached the Eastern Conference Finals for consecutive years. That's not lucky, this team is for real.

The Indiana Pacers have the chance to knock out the Cleveland Cavaliers in Tuesday night's Game 5. The Cavs won 64 games in the regular season but are now one loss away from going home. The Pacers won't two close games on the road to start this series,