Tyrese Haliburton and Myles Turner beamed as they carried the Indiana Pacers shiny, new Eastern Conference championship trophy into their postgame news conferences Saturday night.

The Pacers are getting ready to play in the NBA finals for the first time in 25 years. But for the community, it's what the team does off the court that makes it special.

A team five games under .500 through 25 games, with its best player struggling through the season, typically doesn’t make an NBA Finals.

Haliburton and Pascal Siakam are the leaders of this team on the court. Siakam has won a championship before, and is the only player in the rotation who has done so. More Pacers news: Pacers ...

But the Pacers surged back to stun the Cavaliers for a 120-119 win. With the win, the Pacers have a 2-0 series lead after two wins on Cleveland's home court.