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Advantage, Indiana Pacers.
The Pacers, fourth at the Eastern Conference, entered their second round series against the best classified Cleveland riders as heavy outsiders. But suddenly, the ball is in their courtyard.
After turning up the Cleveland match 1, they overcome a 20-point deficit thanks to Tyrese Haliburton to take a 2-0 lead, winning the two games on the road.
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The Indiana Pacers celebrate their last second victory while the center of Cleveland Cavaliers Jarrett Allen (31) leaves the field after the second match of the second round of the NBA 2025 qualifiers in Rocket Arena. (Images of David Richard-Imagn)
Indiana had slowly dismissed, but Cleveland seemed to go on the way on the evening of the series, because they put in seven with less than 50 seconds.
But Aaron Nesmith threw a dunk, and Donovan Mitchell was called to an offensive fault two seconds later. Pascal Siakam struck a lay-up with 27.1 seconds, making it a three-point match.
The Cavs called for a dead time, but it did nothing, because they returned the ball to the Inboule. They then committed Haliburton, who only made one of the two, but Haliburton obtained his own rebound. He then hoisted and cashed a step in three to increase by 120-119, which would prove to be the final score, with 1.1 seconds to play.
He was a crusher for Cleveland, whose best Mitchell player dropped 48 points in a losing effort.
Tyrese Haliburton # 0 of the Indiana Pacers made the match of 3 match points during the match against the Cleveland riders in the second NBA 2025 qualifiers on May 6, 2025 in Rocket Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. (David Liam Kyle / NBAE via Getty Images)
Haliburton scored 11 of his 19 points in the last 12 minutes.
This is the first time that the Pacers have won the first two games in an eliminatory series on the road since 1994 against Orlando.
The CAVs lacked three key players: the defensive player of the year of the NBA Evan Mobley (left ankle) and the key reserve of’Andre Hunter (right inch) were injured in match 1, while Darius Garland (Big Big Toe) missed his fourth consecutive game in the playoffs.
Tyrese Haliburton # 0 of the Indiana Pacers famous after the match against the Cleveland riders in the second match 2 of the NBA 2025 qualifiers on May 6, 2025 in Rocket Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. (Joe Murphy / NBAE via Getty Images)
Match 3 is at Indiana on Friday evening, while Indiana is looking for a second consecutive appearance in the final of the Eastern Conference.
