2018 NBA Playoffs Round 1: Indiana Pacers Vs Cleveland Cavaliers Game 1, Live Scores & Updates

FULL-TIME: Cleveland Cavaliers 80-98 Indiana Pacers

Updated: 16 April 2018 04:01 IST - Published: 15 April 2018 22:09 IST

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This is us Yash Matange and Raunak Jaiswal signing off...

Vic is on a mission!

32 PTS for the Indy guard!#Pacers pic.twitter.com/5ES7248akQ
— NBA (@NBA) April 15, 2018

LeBron spins and lays it in to become 2nd on the #NBAPlayoffs all-time FGM list!@cavs 69 | @pacers 78 in the 4th on #NBAonABC #WhateverItTakes pic.twitter.com/NwQrgDsXFI
— NBA (@NBA) April 15, 2018

SABONIS ON THE SLAM! #Pacers pic.twitter.com/R3RHyZT3Lr
— NBA (@NBA) April 15, 2018

Let us now see some highlights from the game!

In the end, it was always Indiana's game from the beginning. They made the Cavs trail them throughout and despite losing their rhythm in early fourth-quarter, the young guns rallied back to secure an 18-point win.

Oladipo ends the night with 32 points from 11 of 19 shooting. He had 4 steals on the night as well, continuing from his regular season exploits.

Victor Oladipo was certainly the best player on the court tonight. The Indiana University graduate is paying dividends for the state's premier basketball team!

20th career NBA Playoffs triple-double for The King but he still concedes an 18-point loss? Hmm.

#TripleDoubleAlert

LeBron James notches his 20th career #NBAPlayoffs triple-double with 24 PTS, 12 AST, 10 REB for the @cavs!#WhateverItTakes pic.twitter.com/II6NRGjZJ3
— NBA (@NBA) April 15, 2018

This is LeBron James' first ever loss in game 1 of the first round of the NBA Playoffs! DIGEST THAT, LeBron fans!

IT'S OVER! Indiana Pacers stun the Cleveland Cavaliers at the Quicken Loans Arena 98-80!!!

We've got a little over a minute of garbage time left now.

Thaddeus Young goes for a fancy dunk but is fouled in the process.

Plenty of Cleveland fans heading towards the exits already. Can you really blame them though?

32 for Oladipo now!

He converts a reverse layup now. He makes another 3-pointer after a Cavs miss!

Oladipo misses a long 3-point shot.

Myles Turner with the BLOCK on Larry Nance Jr.! No easy buckets on his watch!

Rodney Hood with another catch and shoot 3!

SABONIS WITH THE POSTER ON KEVIN LOVE! The crowd goes quiet.

STAT UPDATE: LeBron James has a .873 win record in the first round of the NBA Playoffs.

James is fouled yet again and he will shoot two free-throws. He makes the both.

Hood makes a 17-footer.

LeBron James is TRIPLE-TEAMED and is fouled by Indiana. Speaks volumes about the man.

The lead is back to 17 points now!

Cavs miss their shot out of the timeout. Bogdanovic makes a corner three.

James making history tonight. Quite a regular thing these days!

Congrats to @KingJames of the @cavs for becoming the third player in @NBAhistory with 1,500 assists in the #NBAPlayoffs!#AllForOne #ThisIsWhyWePlay pic.twitter.com/cNlMLsoYWB
— NBA (@NBA) April 15, 2018

Congrats to @KingJames of the @cavs for moving up to 2nd on the #NBAPlayoffs FIELD GOALS MADE list!#AllForOne #ThisIsWhyWePlay pic.twitter.com/BsCxHnE0oM
— NBA (@NBA) April 15, 2018

Oladipo has gone 9 of 16 overall but is spitting fire from the 3-point line. The ex-OKC man has managed 5 of 7 from downtown!!!

Oladipo with another mid-range pull up jumper yet again! 27 points for him now! Cavs call another timeout.

Sabonis with a second-chance bucket!

JR Smith retaliates for the Cavs yet again with a bucket!

OLADIPOOOO! 25 now for him as he scores a catch and shoot!

Trevor Booker makes a layup for the Pacers from the timeout.

Cleveland have trailed the entire game.

A 23-point Indiana lead has now been cut short to 7! Cavs can surely smell a comeback victory now!

Stephenson drives to the basket yet again but misses this time. James pulls off a spin move and converts a layup in transition! Timeout Indiana!

JR Smith with another bucket of his own! Only a meager 2-pointer this time!

Makes 1 of 2 only though.

Gets 2 free throws in the process though.

Lance Stephenson trying to shake and bake. Oh boy!

Misses on both ends of the floor. Indiana on the ball now.

Off we go for the final quarter!

STAT ATTACK: Oladipo is leading the Pacers in points made with 22 points while James is leading the Cavs with 20.

Kevin Love 4-point play! 🎯🎯#WhateverItTakes #NBAonABC pic.twitter.com/g4FF0XEtQP
— NBA (@NBA) April 15, 2018

It's 73-65 to Indiana right now. A comeback is surely on the cards for the 2016 NBA Champs!

Jeff Green misses the final shot of the third quarter.

James makes 2 of the 3 free throws.