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2018 NBA Playoffs: Cavs vs. Pacers Game 7 set for Sunday at 1 p.m.

At home, Cleveland will have a chance to play for its season.

Cleveland Cavaliers v Indiana Pacers - Game Six Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images

Set your reminders up now: Game 7 between the Cavaliers and Pacers tips off at 1 p.m. on Sunday at Quicken Loans Arena.

With the Cavaliers losing Friday’s Game 6, and the Jazz eliminating the Thunder on Friday, the Cavs get the 1 p.m. start time. The winner of Game 7 will advance to play the top-seeded Raptors in the second round next week with the series starting in Toronto.

For Cleveland to win, the Cavaliers will need a much better effort than they had in Game 6. In that game, the Cavs trailed by 10 at the half and 25 entering the fourth quarter. LeBron James didn’t play a single minute.

The good news for Cleveland is that it has LeBron on its side, and at home in Game 5, he hit a game-winner and dominated Indiana before hitting buzzer-beating game-winner. Ideally, the Cavs won’t have to him playing at that level in order to keep it close, but it wouldn’t hurt.