The Cleveland Cavaliers got back into their second-round series against the Indiana Pacers on Friday night with a 126-104 Game 3 road win. With three of their top players returning to the lineup, the Cavs came out with the necessary urgency with a wire-to-wire victory,

Cleveland got Darius Garland, Evan Mobley and DeAndre Hunter back for Friday's Game 3, and while the depth was needed, it was the team's superstar, Donovan Mitchell, who took over the contest. Mitchell produced 33 points in the Cavs' victory in which all five starters found their way into double figures.

The top-seeded Cavaliers dominated the first round of the 2025 NBA playoffs by sweeping the eighth-seeded Miami Heat. After the Cleveland-Miami series ended April 28, the No. 4 Indiana Pacers won their Round 1 series against the No.