{"id":15609,"date":"2025-05-07T09:10:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T09:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/15609\/"},"modified":"2025-05-07T09:10:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T09:10:10","slug":"haliburton-pacers-stun-cavaliers-in-game-2-comeback-win-basketball-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/15609\/","title":{"rendered":"Haliburton, Pacers stun Cavaliers in Game 2 comeback win | Basketball News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tyrese Haliburton grabbed his own missed free throw and buried a 3-pointer with 1.1 seconds remaining, giving the visiting Indiana Pacers a 120-119 victory over the short-handed Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference semifinals, and taking a commanding lead in the series.<\/p>\n

The Pacers scored the final eight points on Tuesday after Donovan Mitchell made two free throws to push Cleveland\u2019s lead to 119-112 with 57 seconds left. Baskets by Aaron Nesmith and Pascal Siakam made it a one-possession game, and Andrew Nembhard stole the subsequent inbounds pass from Max Strus.<\/p>\n

Haliburton drew a foul with 12.4 seconds remaining, making his first free throw to make it 119-117, then grabbed his miss on the second. He dribbled beyond the arc before making the 3-pointer to complete Indiana\u2019s comeback from 20 points down.<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously, we got lucky,\u201d said Pacers head coach Rick Carlisle. \u201cTy hit another amazing shot to win the game. You don\u2019t see this very often, let alone twice in one week. Tyrese, he came through again. We\u2019re very fortunate.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m at peace with my game,\u201d said Haliburton. \u201cI understand that I\u2019m trusted in these moments \u2026 It\u2019s a special feeling. I get paid a lot of money to play a kids\u2019 game and I\u2019m having a lot of fun doing it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mitchell amassed 48 points, nine assists, five rebounds and four steals for the top-seeded Cavaliers, who were without three key players: NBA Defensive Player of the Year Evan Mobley (left ankle sprain), All-Star point guard Darius Garland (left big toe sprain) and key reserve De\u2019Andre Hunter (right thumb sprain).<\/p>\n

Cleveland lost the first two games of a series at home for the first time since 1996, when it was swept by the Knicks in a best-of-three matchup.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe outplayed them for most of the game, but we ran out of gas,\u201d said Cavaliers head coach Kenny Atkinson. \u201cWe couldn\u2019t separate ourselves. Every possession, they just upped their physicality.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s hard to put all this in words,\u201d said Carlisle. \u201cCleveland hit us with a hellacious punch early in the game. In the fourth, we just hung on. We maintained enough energy to get it done. Give the guys credit, they somehow found a way.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"TyreseTyrese Haliburton #0 of the Indiana Pacers makes the game-winning 3-point basket in Game 2 against the Cleveland Cavaliers [David Liam Kyle\/Getty Images via AFP]<\/p>\n

Nesmith and Myles Turner each scored 23 points and Haliburton had 11 of his 19 points in the fourth quarter. Bennedict Mathurin added 19 points and Nembhard collected 13 points, 13 assists and seven rebounds, along with eight turnovers, for fourth-seeded Indiana.<\/p>\n

Mitchell, a six-time All-Star, scored 12 points in the first, 15 in the third and 12 in the fourth in an electrifying performance. He made 15 of 30 field goal attempts and was 17 of 21 on free throws, setting career highs in free throws made and attempted.<\/p>\n

\u201cMitchell had a heroic game,\u201d said Carlisle. \u201cBut right now, we\u2019re deeper than them. I think we wore them down.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cEverybody was tired, but they were tired,\u201d said Haliburton. \u201cThe wear-down effect had a lot to do with it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Strus had 23 points and Jarrett Allen posted 22 points and 12 rebounds for the Cavaliers, who led 81-61 midway through the third. Sam Merrill scored 14 off the bench.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe outplayed them for the majority of the game, then we had our mental lapses,\u201d said Allen. \u201cNow it\u2019s, \u2018Will we be able to replicate it?\u2019 They capitalised on every mistake we made at the end.\u201d<\/p>\n

Power forward Mobley and Hunter were both injured Sunday in Game 1 on consecutive fourth-quarter possessions that were not deemed fouls. Garland has not played since April 23 against the Heat.<\/p>\n

Mobley landed on Turner\u2019s foot as the latter slid under him on a shot, while Hunter dislocated his thumb as he fell after his dunk was blocked by Mathurin.<\/p>\n

Atkinson, named NBA Coach of the Year earlier this week, expressed his displeasure in three-minute responses on Monday after practice and before the game, eliciting a response from Carlisle.<\/p>\n

\u201cNobody wants to see players get hurt,\u201d Carlisle said. \u201cThat disturbs the hell out of us.\u201d<\/p>\n

Game 3 in the best-of-seven series moves to Indianapolis on Friday.<\/p>\n

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