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Max Strus sent a group text message to motivate his teammates. Then he went scoreless as the Cavaliers lost Game 5.
The Cleveland Cavaliers’ season has come to an abrupt end. Kenny Atkinson’s team was eliminated from the playoffs by the Indiana Pacers on Tuesday, May 13. Indiana won four out of five games, making light work of a team that dominated the regular season.
Donovan Mitchell made a point in going back out onto the court at Rocket Arena minutes after suffering a Game 5 loss to the Indiana Pacers, which eliminated the
Indiana solved the zone defense that perplexed it in Game 3, taking a 41-point halftime lead and putting Cleveland on ice.
The Cavs are down 3-1 and battling injuries, but Darius Garland’s belief in a comeback is keeping hope alive in Cleveland.
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.
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With a high-priced core under contract but playoff limitations exposed, the Cavs' front office faces crucial decisions that will define the team's championship window