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In a must-win Game 5, the banged up Cavaliers are heavy favorites to keep the series alive vs. the Pacers. All eyes will be on the hobbled Donovan Mitchell.
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The Cavaliers entered Game 4 with a chance to even the series and were instead torched 129-109, but the score wasn't really even that close.
Pacers guard Bennedict Mathurin was ejected from the game with just under five minutes left in the first quarter after being called for a flagrant-2 foul for hitting Cavs wing De'Andre Hunter in the chest. Hunter shoved him to the ground in retaliation, causing the officials to review the incident and eject Mathurin.
The Indiana Pacers had been flying high following two nervy road playoff victories over the Eastern Conference's injury-plagued top seed, the Cleveland Cavalier
Perhaps the most critical coaching decision of the series was made in the second quarter of Game 3, as the Cavs switched to a 3-2 zone.