Night pulses: NBA News & Highlights from May 9th

🏀 NBA Playoffs scored points tonight

Cleveland Cavaliers at Indiana Pacers (live on ESPN)

Oklahoma City Thunder at Denver Nuggets (10:00 ET on ESPN)

🗣️STRUS BOOST

Max Strus and the Cavs started fire, starting with an 11-0 run with eight points of strus.

11-0 cavs run to start the game on ESPN 😤

Max strus with short 8 points! pic.twitter.com/ihqhp0udwp

– NBA (@nba) May 9, 2025

Donovan Mitchell also brought his A-game with five early points. The Cavs took 3 big lead in a must-win game. However, the Pacers were steadfast to start the series. Game on.

Switch on to ESPN to catch the action.

✍️ Pacers Cavaliers game 3

Pacers listing

First five for game 3. pic.twitter.com/jlrimpeyim

– Indiana Pacers (@pacer) May 9, 2025

Cavaliers listing

The Cavaliers get some keys in the fold tonight, led by Darius Garland, who missed the first two games of the series while recovering from a toe injury.

Round 2, game 3 starter. #Letem know pic.twitter.com/thtqnrfm5c

– Cleveland Cavaliers (@cavs) May 9, 2025

NBA storylines tonight

• Friday evening double header: NBA fans will be spoiled with a couple of Game 3 this evening, with the Cavaliers-Pacers series moving to the Indy Thunder-Nugget series according to Denver.
• Pivotales game 3 for Cavaliers-Pacer: The Pacers gave the tone for a topic in this round of the playoffs dominated by the Road teams. They took the first two games in the series against the top seeds of the east and now got the next two at home. The pressure is firmly on the cavaliers because they try to avoid a 3-0 hole.
• What will game 3 keep in Denver-Okc ?:: In the first two games of the Nugget-Thunder series we had two opposite results. The Nuggets stolen game 1 with some heroic deeds in the late game of Aaron Gordon. Game 2 was fine with the jump when the thunder in the first half set a record of 87 points on the way to a blowout win. What will be in stock tonight?