CLEVELAND \u2014 Tyrese Haliburton scored 31 points, Pascal Siakam added 21 and the Indiana Pacers advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals for the second straight year with a 114-105 victory over Cleveland on Tuesday night, eliminating the top-seeded Cavaliers in five games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Donovan Mitchell, who missed the second half of Sunday\u2019s game due to a sprained left ankle, led Cleveland with 35 points. Evan Mobley added 24 points and 11 rebounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The fourth-seeded Pacers will now await the winner of the matchup between the Boston Celtics and New York Knicks. New York has a 3-1 advantage in the series with Game 5 on Wednesday night in Boston.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Celtics swept the Pacers last year in the East finals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Indiana rallied from a 19-point deficit in the first half and took control after halftime as it won all three games at Cleveland\u2019s Rocket Arena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is the first time since a 2005 first-round series against Boston that the Pacers won three road games in a playoff series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Cavs dropped three home games in a postseason series for the first time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cleveland stormed out to a 44-25 lead with 8:10 remaining in the second quarter before Indiana rallied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Pacers got within 56-52 at halftime and then shot 14 of 22 from the field in the third quarter \u2014 including four 3-pointers \u2014 to go up 85-76 going into the final 12 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Indiana seized control with a 17-2 run over a five-minute span in the third when Siakam had eight points and Haliburton five. That was part of a 29-8 spurt that saw the Pacers take a 12-point lead late in the third.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cleveland was just 7 of 26 from the field in the quarter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mitchell\u2019s 3-pointer got the Cavs within 106-103 with 1:27 remaining, but Indiana closed it out by scoring eight of the final 10 points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n