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Indiana Pacers head coach Rick Carlisle gestures in the second overtime of an NBA basketball game against the Cleveland Cavaliers Sunday, April 13, 2025, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
(ASSOCIATED PRESS)
CLEVELAND (AP) — Rick Carlisle described Indiana's first 81 games as eventful before his Pacers took on the Cleveland Cavaliers on Sunday in the regular-season finale.
Game 82 will go down as momentous.
Indiana staged the biggest comeback in team history, erasing a 27-point deficit for a 126-118 victory in double overtime.
It also gave the Pacers 50 wins for the 10th time in franchise history, but first since the 2013-14 season.