The Cleveland Cavaliers played it safe with their four-time league Most Valuable Player on Wednesday night.

LeBron James sat out the second game of a back-to-back and his first of the season when the Cavs took on the Indiana Pacers at Bankers Life Fieldhouse.

Cleveland was coming off an impressive 121-117 victory over the visiting Toronto Raptors on Tuesday in a rematch of last season's Eastern Conference finals. James barely missed out on his second triple-double of the year, playing 38 minutes and scoring 28 points on 10-of-15 shooting, along with nine rebounds and 14 assists.

The Cavs, who were just 1-5 during the 2015-16 campaign when James didn't suit up, lost 103-93.