Tyreese Halliburton scored 31 points and handed out 8 assists for Indiana's 114:105 road victory over Cleveland in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference semifinals of the National Basketball Association of the United States and Canada (NBA), Topsport reported.
Thus, the Pacers won the series with a 4:1 victory and qualified for the conference finals. Pascal Siakam added 21 points for Indiana, which qualified for the Eastern Conference finals for the second consecutive time for the first time since 2013-2014, when it lost twice to the Miami Heat. Last season, the Pacers were eliminated by eventual champion Boston.
Donovan Mitchell scored 35 points and grabbed nine rebounds while playing with a sprained left ankle and calf pain for No. 1 seed Cleveland, which blew a 19-point lead by losing all three home games in the series. Evan Mobley finished with 24 points and 11 rebounds, but the team, which had a 64-18 regular-season record, was eliminated from the playoffs.
Oklahoma City defeated Denver 112-105 in the NBA Western Conference semifinals to take a 3-2 series lead. Shay Gilgeous-Alexander finished with 31 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists for the winners, who were trailing by 9 points with eight and a half minutes remaining in the game.
A total of six Oklahoma City basketball players scored 12 or more points, with Jaylen Williams contributing 18 points and 9 rebounds, and Isaiah Hartenstein chipping in with 15 points and 7 rebounds.