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.'

O’Neal grabbed at least 20 rebounds twice during the 2023 NBA Playoffs, and this was a game in which the big man managed to make an impact on both ends of the court. During this 89-77 win over the Boston Celtics, O’Neal finished with 23 points, 20 rebounds and a block across 44 minutes.

Underestimate them at your own risk: The Pacers are back in the Eastern Conference finals, finishing off the Cavaliers with a 114-105 Game 5 win. Indiana is the only team to make the conference finals as a No. 4 seed or worse in consecutive years since the 1984 playoffs expansion.

As D-West highlighted, the Pacers were a much bigger team than the Heat, who used to play without a natural center during their title runs. "The 17-foot Assassin" and 7'2 Roy Hibbert outweighed everyone by at least 20 pounds, so they had to do what they had to do.

LeBron James had a message on social media for the critics of Tyrese Haliburton after Haliburton's big performance against the Cavaliers in Game 5.

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

The Indiana Pacers travel to Rocket Arena as they aim to close out the series against the Cleveland Cavaliers.