Three-leg NBA parlay picks and best bets for Tuesday's NBA playoff slate featuring Pacers vs. Cavs and Thunder vs. Nuggets

It's been 40 years since the first NBA draft lottery. The New York Knicks won it back in 1985 and got to draft Patrick Ewing.

The Cleveland Cavaliers have been pushed to the brink of elimination, and if they are knocked out, they face a terrible backlash.

The Cavaliers are in a fairly good position heading into the 2025 offseason. 11 players are set to be under contract, including Garland, Mobley, Jarrett Allen and Mitchell—who agreed to a three-year, $150.3 million extension last offseason.

The Cleveland Cavaliers are set to fight for their season on Tuesday night in Game 5 against the Indiana Pacers. Facing potential elimination, Darius Garland, Donovan Mitchell, and company will need to bring their best game of the series.

The Indiana Pacers emphatically pushed the top-seeded Cleveland Cavaliers to the brink of playoff elimination with a dominant 129-109 win to take a 3-1 series lead.

Cavaliers star Donovan Mitchell is in the starting lineup for Cleveland’s must-win Game 5 of its second-round series against the Indiana Pacers despite dealing with a sprained left ankle