The Pacers have been dwelling Sunday afternoon to face the Cavaliers in Sport 4 of the East semi-finals. Indiana took the sequence’ first two video games, and Cleveland gained Sport 3.
In Sport 4, the Pacers got here out firing, and so they by no means let up. It was 80-39 at halftime final evening, and the Cavs by no means stood an opportunity. The Pacers are up 3-1 because the sequence shifts again to Cleveland. Within the first quarter of Sport 4, Pacers SF Bennedict Mathurin punched Cleveland’s De’Andre Hunter within the chest with a closed fist. Mathurin was then ejected from Sport 4 and was unable to return.
Ought to De’Andre Hunter have been ejected together with Bennedict Mathurin?
Bennedict Mathurin was ejected with a flagrant 2 after this altercation with De’Andre Hunter 😳
Hunter and Myles Turner additionally acquired technicals. pic.twitter.com/uHxbpSVfYG
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) Might 12, 2025
On Sunday, Pacers’ Bennedict Mathurin and Cavaliers’ De’Andre Hunter obtained right into a small altercation. Tensions had been boiling all sequence between Indiana and Cleveland. The identical was true in Sport 4. Replays from final evening’s recreation present that Mathurin prolonged a closed fist into the chest of Hunter within the first quarter. Hunter responded by wagging his finger at Mathurin after which shoved him to the bottom with two arms.
Pacers heart Myles Turner ran over and threw a shoulder into De’Andre Hunter. Ultimately, Mathurin was ejected from the sport for a flagrant 2 penalty. Turner and Hunter each acquired technical fouls. That was the primary ejection of Bennedict Mathurin’s profession. Whereas he solely performed 80 seconds on Sunday, the Pacers have been capable of rout the Cavaliers.
Indiana had a 41-point lead by halftime, and the sport was by no means notably shut. The Pacers now have a 3-1 sequence lead vs. the Cavaliers. Sport 5 is Tuesday at 7:00 p.m. EST. Can Indiana shut out the sequence on the highway in Cleveland? We’ve already seen them take video games 1 and a couple of on the highway. Tyrese Haliburton and his squad are greater than prepared for the problem. In the event that they beat the Cavs in spherical two, it might be their second consecutive look within the Jap Convention Finals.
