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Banged-up Cavs get tough, top Pacers in 'now or never' Game 3

INDIANAPOLIS -- With their normal rotation healthy for the first time during the second round, the Cleveland Cavaliers put together a statement win in Game 3 on Friday night, a 126-104 victory over the Indiana Pacers to get their first win of the Eastern Conference semifinals.

Darius Garland, Evan Mobley and De'Andre Hunter -- the three Cavaliers players who sat out Game 2 of their second-round series because of injuries -- were each back in the lineup on Friday, and their presence, along with 43 points from Donovan Mitchell, sparked a Cavs victory.