The Indiana Pacers defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers 114-105 on Tuesday, winning the series 4-1 and officially moving on to the Eastern Conference Finals. This time when the Pacers advanced to the next round, Tyrese Haliburton's dad, John Haliburton wasn't in attendance for the game.

Tyrese Haliburton had a Caitlin Clark comparison coming his way. The Indiana Pacers’ superstar has been in the headlines since leading the team’s charge as they sent the Cleveland Cavaliers packing with a 4-1 series win in the 2025 NBA Playoffs.

The East's top seed has been eliminated. With their 114-105 win in Game 5 on Tuesday night, the Indiana Pacers knocked out the No. 1 seed Cleveland Cavaliers in the second round of the 2025 NBA playoffs and clinched a spot in the Eastern Conference finals for the second consecutive season.

Tyrese Haliburton and the Pacers surged held on late on Tuesday night to grab a 114-105 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers at Rocket Arena in Game 5 of their series. That officially gave the Pacers the 4-1 series win and punched their ticket to a second consecutive finals.

They were able to do this despite their best player, Tyrese Haliburton, being a relative non-factor with 11 points on 3-for-8 shooting. Haliburton, who by virtue of not being made available by the team following the Pacers' Game 3 loss and therefore had to answer a bunch of questions about it,

Indiana Pacers guard Tyrese Haliburton received a warning from the NBA but was not fined for the dancing celebration he did after hitting the game-winning 3-pointer in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference semifinals against the Cleveland Cavaliers on Tuesday, according to the Associated Press.