CLEVELAND, Ohio — The Cavs continue their homestand on Friday at 7 p.m. Eastern with a matchup that carries echoes of last spring — but only in name.

It’s a rematch of the Eastern Conference semifinals, yet the Indiana Pacers arriving at Rocket Arena are hardly the version that pushed Cleveland to playoff defeat a few months ago.

Indiana is 2-13, reeling through a brutal start, and missing the engine that made them dangerous. Tyrese Haliburton is out for the season after tearing his Achilles during the NBA Finals. Myles Turner, the anchor of their defense and spacing, is now in Milwaukee following a whirlwind offseason shake-up.

The personnel is different, the ceiling is lower and the record reflects it.

Still, the blueprint remains. The Pacers’ system — the tempo, the spacing, the man

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