The Indiana Pacers emphatically pushed the top-seeded Cleveland Cavaliers to the brink of playoff elimination with a dominant 129-109 win to take a 3-1 series lead.

The Indiana Pacers have tied an NBA playoff record by taking a 80-39 halftime lead. Teh 41-point margin in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference semifinals against top-seeded Cleveland matches the mark the Cavaliers set in Game 2 of the 2017 conference finals against Boston,

Cavaliers had their season end at the exact same point of the NBA playoffs in which it concluded a year ago — Game 5 of the Eastern Conference semifinals. Suffering a 4-1 defeat in a best-of-seven,