The crushing Game 4 loss leaves the Cavaliers in a difficult 3-1 series hole, which is further complicated by a left ankle injury to star guard Donovan Mitchell. Cleveland’s clear leader throughout the series exited the game prior to the start of the second half and will undergo an MRI on Monday.

Darius Garland was sidelined for the first two games against the Indiana Pacers in the Eastern Conference semifinals. In his absence, the top-seeded Cleveland Cavaliers surprisingly dropped both games and appeared to be losing their grip on the series.

Pacers guard Bennedict Mathurin was ejected from the game with just under five minutes left in the first quarter after being called for a flagrant-2 foul for hitting Cavs wing De'Andre Hunter in the chest. Hunter shoved him to the ground in retaliation, causing the officials to review the incident and eject Mathurin.

The Pacers' Bennedict Mathurin and the Cavs' De'Andre Hunter confronted each other in the first quarter of Game 4. The sequence led to an ejection.

Indiana Pacers guard Bennedict Mathurin was ejected in the first quarter of the playoff game after getting into an incident with Cleveland Cavaliers forward De'Andre Hunter.