After Sunday's win, the NBA's Twitter/X account noted that Carlisle had made a bit of history, moving himself up in the all-time playoff wins for coaches. It was his 76th postseason win, which moved him to 14th all-time on the list, past the legendary duo of Don Nelson and Chuck Daly.

An old boxing adage is styles make fights. Well, the Cavaliers will need to fight for their playoff lives in Round 2 because of how the Pacers play.

The road to the conference finals no longer goes through Cleveland. The top-seeded Cavs lost their first game of the NBA playoffs to the fourth-seeded Indiana Pacers on Sunday night, 121-112, inside a stunned Rocket Arena.