Pacers getting national respect after taking down Cavs in just five game: 'This is a 1-seed and now they’ve taken the mantle from the 1-seed.'

On Tuesday night, the Indiana Pacers closed out the No. 1 seeded Cleveland Cavaliers. In Game 5, the Pacers faced adversity, but were able to pull off another comeback and advance to the Eastern Conference Finals for the second straight season.

Cavs series, 48 of 50 predictions went with Cavaliers. "It's impossible to pick against them." The two who did? They work for IndyStar.

"I'm sorry that their season had to end like this," Rick Carlisle said after his fourth-seeded Pacers eliminated Cleveland despite the Cavs' 64 wins and Coach of the Year honors.

Cleveland Cavaliers star Donovan Mitchell was an image of misery when he talked to reporters after losing to the Indiana Pacers in Game 5 of their second-round series, 114-105, on Tuesday. The top-seeded Cavaliers got eliminated by the fourth-seeded Pacers, ending what had been their best campaign in recent years.

Keyshawn Johnson said the Pacers aren’t ready for New York and the Knicks. The Pacers won Game 7 at Madison Square Garden last year

SportsLine's model simulated Indiana Pacers vs. Cleveland Cavaliers 10,000 times and revealed its NBA picks for Tuesday's Game 5 Eastern Conference semifinal matchup

The Pacers shook off a cold first quarter, surging to beat the Cavaliers 114-109 in the deciding Game 5 on Tuesday. After the game, Pacers head coach Rick Carlisle gave his team credit for knocking off one of the NBA's top contenders.