All-Star point guard Darius Garland hurt his toe in the Miami series and is yet to return while his teammate Evan Mobley missed game two against the Pacers with an ankle injury. The Cavs’ trade deadline acquisition, De’Andre Hunter, also missed the game meaning that the team was down three starters for the contest.

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The Indiana Pacers continued what has been an absolutely breathtaking start to the second round of the NBA playoffs with an improbable 120-119 Game 2 win over the top-seeded Cleveland Cavaliers on Tuesday,

The NBA released its Last Two Minute Report for the game, and three incorrect calls stood out. As Scott Agness of Fieldhouse Files shared, Aaron Nesmith's putback dunk on Pascal Siakam's missed free throw should have been a jump ball because of a double-lane violation.

Tyrese Haliburton made a 3-pointer with 1.1 seconds remaining and the Indiana Pacers scored the final eight points in 47.9 seconds to stun the short handed and top-seeded Cleveland Cavaliers 120-119 to take a 2-0 lead in their Eastern Conference semifinals series.

“We’ve gotta give some love to the Indiana Pacers, and say this has more to do about this kid (Aaron) Nesmith, this kid (Andrew) Nembhard, 13 assists last night to go along with his 13 points. Myles Turner, who wasn’t even wanted a couple of years ago, and the way that he’s been ballin’," Smith said on Wednesday morning's "First Take."

The Indiana Pacers stunned the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 2 on Tuesday night in another shocking finish in the second-round of these 2025 NBA playoffs. Tyrese Haliburton hit a game-winning 3-pointer with one second remaining as the Pacers stormed back for a 120-119 win. They lead the series 2-0 and head back to Indiana for Game 3 on Friday.