The Pacers and Cavs meet for the first time in the playoffs since 2018. Cleveland is coming off the second-best season in franchise history.

After making quick work of the Milwaukee Bucks in a second straight first round series defeat, the Indiana Pacers are now gearing up for a second round playoff

The Eastern Conference’s top-seeded Cleveland Cavaliers (64-18) will face the fourth-seeded Indiana Pacers (50-32) in the first round of the 2025 NBA playoffs. The two franchises have not met in the playoffs since the opening round in 2018, when the Pacers pushed prime LeBron James to a Game 7.