The Cleveland Cavaliers host the Indiana Pacers for Game 5 of their NBA playoff series. Here is the start time, TV, odds, prediction, lineups.

CLEVELAND, Ohio — The Cleveland Cavaliers took Game 3 of their Eastern Conference Semifinal matchup against the Indiana Pacers on the road. A big loss in Game 4, however, brings the series back to Cleveland with the Cavs on the brink of elimination trailing 3-1 in the series.

Indiana has reached the Eastern Conference Finals for consecutive years. That's not lucky, this team is for real.

Cleveland Cavaliers exit NBA Playoffs, waste 35 points from injured Donovan Mitchell in Game 5 loss to Indiana Pacers.

There are plenty of reasons the Cavs fell apart in the Eastern Conference semifinals against the Indiana Pacers. I don’t blame fans for not wanting to litigate all of those right now — and there’s plenty of time in the offseason for those big picture conversations about Cleveland getting bullied out of the playoffs for a third straight year.

Pacers take lead over Cavs in third quarter of Game 5 The process of the Pacers slowly chipping away at the Cavaliers' double-digit lead is now complete, and Indiana leads Game 5, 65-64 ...

This is after the Cleveland Cavaliers suffered a heartbreaking 114-105 loss to the Indiana Pacers in Game 5 of their second-round NBA playoffs series. The Cavs failed to defend their home court on Tuesday night, as the Pacers secured an impressive win to close out the series, 4-1, and book their spot in the Eastern Conference Finals.

Count those regular-season wins, and take them to Cancun with you. For the third straight season, the Cavs are booking vacations earlier than expected. This time, the Indiana Pacers beat Cleveland 114-105 on Tuesday to end this series in five games.