The NBA’s second apron is basically a pair of handcuffs placed on franchises that consistently are over the NBA’s soft salary cap. But instead of it being just

NBA playoffs are now down to six teams as the Cleveland Cavaliers and Golden State Warriors have now been eliminated in the conference semifinals.

This is not how anyone—especially those inside the Cleveland Cavaliers organization—foresaw the season ending before the middle of May. Even the most optimistic Indiana Pacers fan likely couldn’t have dreamed of a scenario where they’d dismantle the top-seeded Cavaliers in five games.

The Cleveland Cavaliers lost their second series to the Indiana Pacers. This second-round exit is hugely disappointing for a team that won 64 regular season games and appeared to be genuine championship contenders.

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 Cleveland Cavaliers were bounced from the second round of the NBA playoffs yet again this year, falling to the Indiana Pacers in five games in an excruciati

The Cavaliers insist Evan Mobley is going to become even better and more aggressive. The Cavs need it to happen to avoid more playoff letdowns.

If the NBA playoff courts were a school playground, the Cavaliers would be the kid hesitant to leave his classroom out of fear that the school’s meanest bully would steal his lunch money. The