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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Cavaliers | 34 | 34 | 28 | 30 | 126 |
 Pacers | 29 | 35 | 35 | 36 | 135 |
CLETeam statsIND| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLE | 50-9652.1% | 12-2842.9% | 14-2070.0% | 44 | 29 | 10 |
| IND | 48-8556.5% | 19-3161.3% | 20-2195.2% | 32 | 28 | 8 |
Point at or clickTap a player to see his shots, then his whole game from there. ClickTap a number under REB, AST, STL, BLK, TO or PF to see those plays.
Indiana Pacers135| 35 | 14 | 6-11 | 2-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +16 | +6.9 | ||||||
| 34 | 29 | 10-19 | 6-8 | 0 | 3-3 | 0 | 0 | +12 | +12.3 | |||||
| 33 | 25 | 10-14 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +14 | +8.4 | ||||||
| 28 | 22 | 7-10 | 2-4 | 6-6 | 0 | 0 | +18 | +4.4 | ||||||
| 28 | 3 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −7 | −2.2 | |||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 31 | 23 | 7-14 | 1-3 | 8-9 | 0 | 0 | +12 | +0.6 | ||||||
| 14 | 7 | 3-3 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | +3.0 | |||
| 14 | 7 | 2-6 | 1-3 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | −3 | +1.7 | ||||||
| 13 | 5 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 0 | −7 | −0.6 | |||||||
| 11 | 0 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −7 | −5.7 | |||
| Team | 135 | 48-8556.5% | 19-3161.3% | 32 | 28 | 8 | 18 | 20-2195.2% | 4 | 6 | 8 | |||
Bench 42 points on 14 for 30 shooting
Did not play: Goga Bitadze, Isaiah Jackson, Terry Taylor and James Johnson (coach’s decision).
Cleveland Cavaliers126| 38 | 19 | 8-11 | 0-0 | 3-4 | +1 | +6.2 | ||||||||
| 37 | 28 | 10-25 | 5-11 | 3-4 | 0 | −14 | +2.0 | |||||||
| 35 | 18 | 8-11 | 2-3 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | −12 | +4.4 | ||||||
| 32 | 13 | 5-10 | 0-1 | 3-3 | −18 | +4.4 | ||||||||
| 21 | 7 | 3-8 | 1-3 | 0 | 0-2 | 0 | −1 | −1.2 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 35 | 19 | 7-17 | 2-5 | 3-3 | 0 | −8 | −4.0 | |||||||
| 21 | 12 | 5-10 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +0.5 | |||||||
| 21 | 10 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +7 | +2.7 | ||||
| Team | 126 | 50-9652.1% | 12-2842.9% | 44 | 29 | 10 | 17 | 14-2070.0% | 17 | 7 | 4 | |||
Bench 41 points on 16 for 31 shooting
Did not play: Raul Neto (coach’s decision); Robin Lopez and Cedi Osman (injury/illness).
Pacers135Cavaliers126ClickTap a team’s number to see the plays behind it.
PS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. The game’s highs are in blue, hot shooting in gold, cold in gray. ClickTap a column’s heading to sort by it.
Tyrese Haliburton scored 29 points (18 on 6 3-pointers), and the Indiana Pacers beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 135-126.
Aaron Nesmith’s driving dunk put the Pacers ahead for good with 4:26 left in the fourth quarter.
The Cavaliers got within 127-124 on Evan Mobley’s layup with 1:24 to play, but Nesmith answered with a floater, and the Cavaliers got no closer.
During clutch time, the Pacers outscored the Cavaliers 12-2. Nesmith scored 7 of the Pacers’ 12 on 3 for 3 shooting and 1 for 1 at the line.
Buddy Hield scored 25 points (15 on 5 3-pointers) on 10 for 14 shooting. Bennedict Mathurin added 23 points off the bench, and Nesmith scored 22 points on 7 for 10 shooting. The Pacers had 4 20-point scorers.
For the Cavaliers, Donovan Mitchell had 28 points and 6 assists, and Jarrett Allen added 19 points and 14 rebounds on 8 for 11 shooting. Allen scored 13 of his 19 points in the fourth quarter. The Cavaliers had 7 players in double-digit scoring.
The Pacers shot 56.5% from the field and 61.3% from 3 to the Cavaliers’ 52.1% and 42.9%. The Cavaliers forced 9 turnovers, about 6 fewer than usual for this many possessions. They outscored the Pacers 72-48 in the paint. The Pacers outscored the Cavaliers 31-13 in 8 minutes with Turner, Hield, Haliburton, Nesmith and Mathurin on the floor together.
Indiana PacersCleveland CavaliersPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes.
The five plays that moved the chance to win most, in order.
Each play from the side of the team that made it: its chance to win before and after, and the change in percentage points. On the court, each shot is the shooter’s face (gray when he missed), bigger the more it moved the chance. Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
115 points from the field on 85 shots: 21.8 more than the league scores from the same zones.
Point at a shooter to see his shots light up; click for his shots alone.
| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 19-27 | 70.4% | 67% |
| In the paint | 5-14 | 35.7% | 44% |
| Mid-range | 5-13 | 38.5% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 7-10 | 70.0% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 12-21 | 57.1% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lamar Stevens | 20 | 3 | 1-4 | −3 |
| Caris LeVert | 11 | 3 | 1-3 | 0 |
| Isaac Okoro | 11 | 5 | 2-4 | +2 |
| Darius Garland | 8 | 5 | 2-3 | +3 |
| Everyone else | 14 | 11 | 4-6 | +7 |
The tracking credits him with 27 points on 65 possessions. He usually scores about 19 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donovan Mitchell | 21 | 10 | 4-4 | +4 |
| Caris LeVert | 13 | 2 | 1-3 | −1 |
| Darius Garland | 9 | 10 | 4-4 | +8 |
| Evan Mobley | 6 | 5 | 2-2 | +3 |
| Everyone else | 11 | 2 | 1-2 | −1 |
The tracking credits him with 29 points on 61 possessions. He usually scores about 16 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isaac Okoro | 15 | 2 | 1-1 | −2 |
| Caris LeVert | 11 | 11 | 3-3 | +8 |
| Evan Mobley | 9 | 3 | 1-1 | 0 |
| Donovan Mitchell | 7 | 4 | 1-1 | +2 |
| Everyone else | 21 | 5 | 2-9 | −1 |
The tracking credits him with 25 points on 63 possessions. He usually scores about 18 on that many.
What the players each one guarded scored, against what they usually score on as many possessions.
Possessions, and parts of possessions when defenders switched, from the NBA’s matchup tracking. The line under a defender’s name: his share of the scorer’s possessions. Usual: what the scorer averaged a possession against every defender in the regular season, eased toward the league’s rate when he has few possessions.
IND win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
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Highest Leverage Moments
Mathurin 3' Running Finger Roll Layup (19 PTS) (McConnell 4 AST)
Q4 6:36
15.3%
37→53
Allen 5' Floating Jump Shot (14 PTS) (LeVert 2 AST)
Q4 6:19
14.1%
53→39
Love 27' 3PT Jump Shot (9 PTS) (Garland 8 AST)
Q4 10:44
13.8%
43→30
Nesmith 2' Driving Finger Roll Layup (18 PTS) (Turner 2 AST)
Q4 3:07
13.0%
79→92
Haliburton 2' Driving Finger Roll Layup (26 PTS)
Q4 3:44
12.8%
60→73
