What to know: Cleveland is in a world of hurt. It played without star shooting guard Donovan Mitchell (ankle) for the second half of Sunday's Game 4, a blowout defeat. Indiana plastered the Cavs, and was up 80-39 at halftime. The top-seed in the East is now down 3-1, heading back home for Game 5.

Each ticket holder will receive a free T-shirt that will paint the crowd in stripes of blue and white during Tuesday's Game 5 matchup.

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Chicago hosted the NBA's annual draft lottery on Monday night. Despite entering the lottery with just 1.8% odds, the Dallas Mavericks landed the top selection for this year's upcoming draft.

The Philadelphia 76ers have the No. 3 pick in the 2025 NBA draft after moving up two spots in the lottery on Monday night. The jump up allows the Sixers to not only keep their pick from the Oklahoma City Thunder, but it also allows them to land one of the top prospects in this draft.

The Thunder are a better team at home, but 10.5 points is too hefty of a line against a team like Denver. That's why Jason Logan has Nuggets +10.5 in his NBA parlay for tonight's playoff action.

We've got the Denver Nuggets vs. Oklahoma City Thunder Game 5 Results according to NBA 2K25 to see who the game predicts will win.

Jayson Tatum is now hurt. Stephen Curry is still hurt. Donovan Mitchell is hurting. And the Boston Celtics, Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers — three legitimate title hopefuls coming into these NBA playoffs — are all facing 3-1 deficits.

The Oklahoma City Thunder and Cleveland Cavaliers, the top seeds in the playoffs and owners of the best regular-season records in the NBA, find themselves in dire need of wins as they host Game 5s in the conference semifinals on Tuesday night.