"I'm sorry that their season had to end like this," Rick Carlisle said after his fourth-seeded Pacers eliminated Cleveland despite the Cavs' 64 wins and Coach of the Year honors.

The Indiana Pacers fought back from a 19-point, second-quarter deficit to eliminate the top-seeded Cleveland Cavaliers from the NBA playoffs and reach the Eastern Conference Finals for a second straight year.

Donovan Mitchell #45 of the Cleveland Cavaliers celebrates with the fans during the third quarter of game one of the first round of the Eastern Conference Playoffs against the Miami Heat at Rocket Arena on April 20,

The Cleveland Cavaliers' season is hanging in the balance, as they are down 3-1 in their second-round NBA playoff series against the Indiana Pacers with Game 5

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.

The Indiana Pacers blew out the Cleveland Cavaliers so much during Sunday's Game 4 of their second-round series that one of the team's most famous fans started feeling sorry for the visitors.

Yahoo Sports senior NBA analyst Kevin O'Connor is joined by Rafael Barlowe to discuss Cleveland's loss in the conference semifinals after earning the East's top seed this season -- and address which players could potentially be moved this offseason.

This article was originally published on fansided.com as Cavaliers' early playoff exit creates obvious pivot point this offseason.