Pacers’ Bennedict Mathurin ejected after hitting Cavs’ Hunter in the chest with a closed fist

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana Pacers guard Bennedict Mathurin was ejected in the first quarter of Game 4 on Sunday for hitting Cleveland Cavaliers backup De’Andre Hunter in the chest with a closed fist.

Even without one of their top scorers, the Pacers tied an NBA playoff record by taking a 41-point halftime lead and rolled past the Cavaliers 129-109 to take a 3-1 lead in this Eastern Conference semifinal series.

Replays showed Mathurin extending his fist into Hunter, who responded...