Indiana’s star guard did not speak to media after his poor performance, which followed gloating after big performances.

Tyrese Haliburton did the dance. He will not pay a fine. Haliburton, the Indiana guard who expected to be fined for his dancing celebration after Game 2 of the Pacers' win at Cleveland in the Eastern Conference semifinals on Tuesday night,

Donovan Mitchell had 43 points and nine rebounds, and the finally full-strength Cleveland Cavaliers beat Indiana 126-104 on Friday night to cut the Pacers’ lead to 2-1 in the Eastern Conference semifinals.

Cleveland was desperate to avoid falling into a 3-0 hole and used everything in its arsenal to slow down the high-scoring Pacers.