For the second straight season, the Cleveland Cavaliers have failed to advance past the second round of the Eastern Conference Playoffs. And this time around, it's hard to label it as anything other than an abject failure.

Pacers center Thomas Bryant scored 9 points in the third quarter of Indiana's Game 5 win over the Cavaliers on Tuesday night.

Tyrese Haliburton scored 31 points, hitting six 3-pointers and dishing out eight assists to lead the Pacers to a 114-105 win over the Cavs in Game 5.

The Cavs led 31-19 after 12 minutes while shooting 0 for 5 from 3-point range. Zero makes. Five attempts. Philadelphia 76ers president Daryl Morey must’ve been watching in horror.

The series goes back to Cleveland for Game 5 with the Indiana Pacers up a shocking 3-1 lead over the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Donovan Mitchell and the Cleveland Cavaliers won 64 games during the regular season, captured the top seed in the Eastern Conference, and had two winning streaks of at least 15 games.

The Indiana Pacers were obliterated in Game 3 of their second-round series vs the Cleveland Cavaliers. But their high-level ability to respond earned them a Game 4 win.

The Indiana Pacers blew out the Cleveland Cavaliers so much during Sunday's Game 4 of their second-round series that one of the team's most famous fans started feeling sorry for the visitors.