Tyrese Haliburton made a Go-Head 3-Pointer midway through the fourth quarter, triggering a crucial burst for Indiana Pacers, stunning the top seeded Cleveland Cavaliers 121-112 Sunday night in Game 1 in the eastern conference semi-final.

Haliburton ended with 22 points and 13 assists, and he also played key playings on the defensive end, blocking a 3-point attempt from Max Strase with 2:12 back and converting it into a 10-point lead.

Andrew Nembhard added a playoff career hill 23 points and made five 3-Pointers for the fourth seed pacers, ending 19 out of 36 beyond the arch. Cleveland, which was number two in the NBA in the regular season with 15.9 3s per year. Fight, were 9 of 38.

Donovan Mitchell led Cleveland with 33 points and broke Michael Jordan’s NBA end game with his eighth straight match of at least 30 points in a series opener.

Evan Mobley added 20 points and 10 rebounds for Cavaliers who drew most of the game, took the lead in the fourth and then couldn’t shut it out.

Indiana had a 12-point lead in the third before Cleveland gathered. Cavs went on 102-101 on a free throw of strs before Haliburton’s 3 ignited a 15-4 race.

All five Indiana starters scored in double. Aaron Nesmith and Pascal Siakam had 17 points per day. Piece.

Game 2 is Tuesday night in Cleveland.

Reporting Associated Press.

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