Donovan Mitchell made a point in going back out onto the court at Rocket Arena minutes after suffering a Game 5 loss to the Indiana Pacers, which eliminated the

Donovan Mitchell said he regretted letting down fans of the Cleveland Cavaliers in their NBA playoff loss to the Indiana Pacers.

Donovan Mitchell gave it everything he had in the Cleveland Cavaliers’ second-round series against the Indiana Pacers, but an unfortunate sequence late in the decisive Game 5 may haunt him for a while.

Use t he BetMGM bonus code NPNEWSGET, which gets you an exciting new user offer of $150 when you wager $10 and win your first bet. Mitchell is listed as a game-time decision and, if he doesn’t play, expect the line to drop even further in favor of the Pacers.

Donovan Mitchell has been relentless in attacking the rim so far in the Cavs semifinal series versus the Indiana Pacers. Heading into Game 4, Mitchell is averaging just over 41 points per game, but the Pacers lead the series 2-1 after winning the first two games in Cleveland while the Cavs took the first game in Indianapolis Friday night.

Mitchell scored five straight points and assisted a 3-pointer by Max Strus in an 8-2 run that put the Cavs comfortably up at 112-95. The Pacers never threatened again, and Cleveland finally got on board with a huge Game 3 win in Indianapolis, 126-104.

Not only did the Indiana Pacers pull off a Game 4 win to extend their series lead to 3-1 over the Cleveland Cavaliers, they did so in purely dominant fashion. Following the Cavaliers' Game 3 win, there was a chance for Cleveland to even the series.

Indiana Pacers center Myles Turner kept a receipt of 13 ESPN reporters picking the Cleveland Cavaliers to advance to the Eastern Conference Finals. The Pacers eliminated the Cavaliers in Game 5 on Tuesday.