The No. 1 seed Cleveland Cavaliers trail the No. 4 seed Indiana Pacers 0-2 after suffering loses in each of their first two second-round playoff matchups at Rocket Arena. The Cavaliers were undermanned in Game 2 with injury absences for Darius Garland,

The Cleveland Cavaliers cruised their way through the regular season. They dominated from start to finish, and they had the best record in the Eastern Conference from games 1 through 82. Of course, that allowed them to get some rest down the stretch.