Pacers vs. Cavs Game 2 live updates: LeBron James is playing incredible basketball

Cavs 58, Pacers 46 Halftime

Every time the Pacers have gotten close, this guy LeBron James comes in and destroys everything. Like this dunk. Oh and LeBron has 29 points in the first half. THE FIRST HALF.

Cavs 47, Pacers 37 4:12 2Q

Oladipo just picked up his third foul on this play.

Cavs 38, Pacers 31 6:40 2Q

Yep, there was the run and Indiana is in this for now. Oladipo has played the entire second quarter and had this beauty of a layup.

Cavs 33, Pacers 20 11:40 2Q

LeBron played the entire first quarter and he’s on the bench to start the second. Oladipo is now back in and the Pacers will try and make any run they can.

Cavs 26, Pacers 8 5:42 1Q

The Cavaliers can’t miss. LeBron is angry. This could be a long night for Indiana.

LeBron 13, Pacers 0 7:43 1Q

This is not a typo. This is what is happening.

Cavs 6, Pacers 0: 10:59 1Q

Oladipo has two quick fouls and LeBron already looks like he’s in LeBron take-over-the-world mode. Related: The Cavs went with a new starting lineup tonight- J.R. Smith, Kyle Korver, George Hill, Kevin Love, and LeBron James.

The Indiana Pacers dominated Game 1 of their playoff matchup against the Cleveland Cavaliers on Sunday. Victor Oladipo was stellar in the 98-80 blowout, flashing the improved shooting and all-around game that may earn him the Most Improved Player of the Year nod. He had 32 points, six rebounds, four assists and four steals, outplaying LeBron James on his home court. Indiana has a chance to take control of this series on Wednesday night when they play a second game in Cleveland at 7 p.m. ET on TNT.

It’s hard to ask for much more from James in Game 2, after he dropped a triple-double with 24 points on 17 shots, 12 assists and 10 rebounds in the teams’ first meeting. But aside from J.R. Smith’s 15-point outing, the rest of the Cavs were flat. The team shot 24 percent from three-point range, and 39 percent from the field. It’s clear that Cleveland, which had a major roster shakeup two months ago, isn’t settled.

”I think we spent so much time trying to figure out who we were in the regular season,” James told ESPN’s Dave McMenamin, “and getting the right lineups and guys in and out and things of that nature, we could never build for the playoffs. It was kind of like, build for the next game. So the postseason finally hit us and it hit us very well. And I think that can be the best teacher for us to know exactly what we should be ready for tonight.”

The Cavs will need more from Jeff Green, who went scoreless in 27 minutes in Game 1, and better than 2-of-12 three-point production from George Hill, Rodney Hood, Kyle Korver and Jordan Clarkson. They’ll also need to slow down Oladipo, the clear catalyst of everything this Pacers team does.