The Indiana Pacers entered Game 4 against the Cleveland Cavaliers on Sunday night needing a bounce-back performance after losing Game 3. Not only did they pick up a win to extend their series lead to 3-1, they did so in dominating fashion.

The East's top seed is on the brink of elimination. The Indiana Pacers blew out the Cleveland Cavaliers, 129-109, in Sunday's Game 4 to take a 3-1 lead in the second-round playoff series. The Cavs won 64 games in the regular season but are now one loss away from going home.

The Indiana Pacers defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers 129-109 in a game Sunday, May 11, 2025, at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.

The Indiana Pacers have taken a stranglehold on their second-round series against the Cleveland Cavaliers with a 3-1 lead. They are in the midst of another improbable playoff run that has been catalyzed by two historic Tyrese Haliburton game winners against Cleveland and over Giannis Antetokounmpo of the Milwaukee Bucks.

Pacers guard Bennedict Mathurin was ejected from the game with just under five minutes left in the first quarter after being called for a flagrant-2 foul for hitting Cavs wing De'Andre Hunter in the chest. Hunter shoved him to the ground in retaliation, causing the officials to review the incident and eject Mathurin.

The Cleveland Cavs were blown out by the Indiana Pacers in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference semi-finals 129-109. The Pacers take a 3-1 in the series.

Indiana Pacers guard Bennedict Mathurin was ejected in the first quarter of Game 4 against the Cleveland Cavaliers on Sunday after hitting De’Andre Hunter in the chest with a closed fist