After the game, Cavaliers' star Donovan Mitchell was brutally honest about the disappointment he felt, saying that he knew the press was going to be very critical, but promised the Cavs would use it as fuel.

"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."

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 return to the Eastern Conference finals on Tuesday night. The Pacers have a 3-1 lead in their second-round playoff series against the top-seeded Cleveland Cavaliers and can close it out in Game 5.

For a second straight year, the Pacers are eight wins away from their first-ever NBA title. Here's how it went down.