On Sunday night, the Cleveland Cavaliers played the Indiana Pacers (at home) for Game 4 of their second-round playoff series.
The Cavs lost by a score of 129-109.
After the disappointing loss, they are now down 3-1.
PACERS UP 3-1 ON CAVS AFTER MASSIVE BLOWOUT pic.twitter.com/7RexPiW7Ih
— House of Highlights (@HoHighlights) May 12, 2025
Following the game, Cavs owner Dan Gilbert sent out a post (via X) that had over 4,000 likes and 900,000 impressions.
He wrote: "Hey @cavs fans… yes it was an ugly one, but we’ve been here before. Time to get 3 in a row, 2 of them coming at home. Let’s start with Game 5 on Tuesday. #Believeland"
Hey @cavs fans… yes it was an ugly one, but we’ve been here before. Time to get 3 in a row, 2 of them coming at home. Let’s start with Game 5 on Tuesday. #Believeland
— Dan Gilbert (@cavsdan) May 12, 2025
Many fans commented on Gilbert's post.
@MaskedInLA: "You don’t have the greatest player ever anymore, start packing your bags"
@LeLukaLA: "there are atleast 2 key ingredients yall are missing and 1 is the most important, LeBron James"
@n21silva: "2016 Lebron is not walking through that door bro"
@DavidGl03128315: "This ain’t 2016 no more. Please don’t compare semifinals to greatest finals performance"
@RobertSportsBet: "That’s how bad this was…yikes.
Hard to win when the team quits in the 1st quarter."
The Cavs had an excellent regular season where they went 64-18, which had them as the first seed in the Eastern Conference.
They also swept the Miami Heat in the first round of the NBA playoffs.
THE PACERS SHUT DOWN THE CAVS‼️
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) May 12, 2025
Can the Pacers close out the series in Game 5? pic.twitter.com/uU4B5tOONU
Game 5 of the series will be on Tuesday night (in Indiana).
The Cavs are coming off a year where they lost to the Boston Celtics in the second round (in five games).
They won their last title in 2016.
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