Schedule and 2016-17 Results
Regular Season Records: Cleveland 51-31, Indiana 42-40
Game 1 on Saturday, 15 April: Indiana loses at Cleveland, 109-pts-108
Game 2 on Monday, 17 April: Indiana loses at Cleveland, 117-pts-111
Game 3 on Thursday, 20 April: Cleveland wins at Indiana, 119-pts-114
Game 4 on Sunday, 23 April: Cleveland wins at Indiana, 106-pts-102

SERIES NOTES:

After Game 4: The Cleveland Cavaliers visited and bested the Indiana Pacers 106-pts-102 to complete a 4-games-nil best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1336 victory. With the series 1336 win, the Cleveland Cavaliers improve their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record to 18-9 with an active five-series winning streak overall and 8-0 in the Preliminary round. With the series 1336 loss, the Indiana Pacers see their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record fall to 14-15 overall and 5-5 in the Preliminary round. The win order for the victorious Cleveland Cavaliers in series 1336 was WWWW: Series 1336 thus becomes the 24th NBA Preliminary-round series, the 74th NBA series (all rounds), and the 218th MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow that win order to completion. With the series 1336 victory, the Cleveland Cavaliers sweep their third consecutive Preliminary-round playoff series, and have won fourteen consecutive NBA Preliminary-round playoff games. Leading a best-of-7 NBA playoff series 3-games-nil, the Cleveland Cavaliers are now a perfect 8-0 in Game 4. Series 1336 ties series 305 (the 1975 NBA Finals in which the Golden State Warriors swept the old Washington Bullets) for the smallest sum of victory margins (16 points) in a best-of-7 NBA playoff series irrespective of playoff round or number of games (4, 5, 6, or 7) in the series.

After Game 3: The Cleveland Cavaliers visited and vanquished the Indiana Pacers 119-pts-114 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1336 lead of 3-games-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-nil, the Cleveland Cavaliers have a series record of 7-0 and a Game 4 record of 7-0. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-nil, the Indiana Pacers have a series record of 0-1 and a Game 4 record of 1-0. The visiting Cleveland Cavaliers trailed the Pacers in Indiana by 10 points after the first quarter and by 25 points after the second quarter of series 1336 Game 3, but emerged victorious. In the history of best-of-7 NBA playoff games since 1947, inclusive, road teams down ten points after one quarter had a game record of 10-62 (.139), while road teams down 25 points after two quarters had a game record of 0-9 (.000). The 25-point halftime deficit suffered by the Cleveland Cavaliers in series 1336 Game 3 is now the largest halftime deficit ever surmounted by a road team for a best-of-7 NBA playoff game victory; the previous largest was 21 points in series 70 Game 2, in which the old Baltimore Bullets (I) trailed the old Warriors in Philadelphia 41-pts-20 at halftime but rallied to win 66-pts-63 in the 1948 NBA Finals. With the series 1325 Game 3 win, Cleveland is poised to sweep its third straight NBA Preliminary-round series and win its 14th consecutive Preliminary-round game.

After Game 2: The Cleveland Cavaliers hosted and defeated the Indiana Pacers 117-pts-111 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1336 lead of 2-games-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-nil, the Cleveland Cavaliers have a series record of 11-0 and a Game 3 record of 7-4. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-nil, the Indiana Pacers have a series record of 0-5 and a Game 3 record of 4-1. Cleveland has now taken a 2-games-nil lead for the seventh consecutive time in the NBA Preliminary round of playoffs.

After Game 1: The Cleveland Cavaliers hosted and topped the Indiana Pacers 109-pts-108 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1336 lead of 1-game-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Cleveland Cavaliers have a series record of 13-1 with an active five-series winning streak and a Game 2 record of 11-3 with an active five-Game 2 winning streak. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Indiana Pacers have a series record of 4-10 and a Game 2 record of 9-5 with an active five-Game 2 winning streak.

Pre-series assessment: In the 2016-17 NBA regular season, the Cleveland Cavaliers finished nine games ahead of the Indiana Pacers. From 1947 through the 2016 NBA Finals round, when NBA teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by nine regular-season games, they have posted a best-of-7 playoff series record of 22-3 (.880) in those series against those opponents. MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1336 is the 27th best-of-7 NBA playoff series for the Cleveland Cavaliers, and the 29th for the Indiana Pacers. In best-of-7 NBA playoff series, the Cleveland Cavaliers have an all-rounds series record of 17-9 with the active four-series winning streak befitting a defending NBA champion, a Preliminary-round series record of 7-0, and a Game 1 record of 14-12, while the Indiana Pacers have an all-rounds series record of 14-14, a Preliminary-round series record of 5-4, and a Game 1 record of 14-14.