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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Cavaliers | 26 | 27 | 34 | 29 | 116 |
 Pacers | 36 | 34 | 18 | 33 | 121 |
CLETeam statsIND| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLE | 44-8452.4% | 8-2828.6% | 20-2580.0% | 35 | 27 | 13 |
| IND | 45-8652.3% | 15-3148.4% | 16-2466.7% | 40 | 28 | 18 |
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 Pacers121| 37 | 19 | 8-15 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +9 | −1.5 | ||||||
| 34 | 18 | 5-14 | 0-5 | 8-9 | 0 | 0 | +3 | +1.4 | ||||||
| 31 | 27 | 9-14 | 4-5 | 0 | 5-6 | +11 | +7.7 | |||||||
| 24 | 5 | 2-7 | 1-2 | 0-3 | 0 | −4 | −3.1 | |||||||
| 21 | 6 | 3-6 | 0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2.3 | |||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 30 | 14 | 5-9 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +16 | +0.9 | ||||||
| 27 | 13 | 5-8 | 2-4 | 0 | 1-4 | +1 | −0.1 | |||||||
| 18 | 6 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −7 | −3.4 | |||
| 17 | 13 | 6-8 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | −4 | +2.6 | |||||||
| Team | 121 | 45-8652.3% | 15-3148.4% | 40 | 28 | 18 | 18 | 16-2466.7% | 7 | 7 | 5 | |||
Bench 46 points on 18 for 30 shooting
Did not play: Ben Sheppard, Jordan Nwora, T.J. McConnell, Isaiah Jackson, Jarace Walker and Daniel Theis (coach’s decision).
Cleveland Cavaliers116| 37 | 38 | 13-21 | 4-7 | 8-10 | 0 | 0 | +12.6 | |||||||
| 36 | 14 | 7-13 | 0-2 | 0-0 | +11 | +4.7 | ||||||||
| 32 | 14 | 5-11 | 0-2 | 0 | 4-4 | 0 | −10 | −2.7 | ||||||
| 28 | 10 | 4-9 | 1-6 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | +3 | −5.2 | ||||||
| 21 | 10 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0 | 2-3 | −1 | +1.5 | |||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 30 | 13 | 5-12 | 0-4 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −3.4 | ||||||
| 27 | 12 | 4-9 | 2-6 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +9 | −1.8 | ||||
| 23 | 5 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −19 | −1.9 | ||||||
| 3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −8 | −0.8 | |||
| 3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −9 | −1.1 | ||
| Team | 116 | 44-8452.4% | 8-2828.6% | 35 | 27 | 13 | 20 | 20-2580.0% | 5 | 10 | 9 | |||
Bench 30 points on 11 for 24 shooting
Did not play: Craig Porter Jr., Sam Merrill and Damian Jones (coach’s decision).
Pacers121Cavaliers116ClickTap 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.
Myles Turner scored 27 points (15 in the second quarter), and the Indiana Pacers went on a 12-1 run in the fourth quarter to beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 121-116.
The Cavaliers led 105-101 with 6:45 left in the fourth quarter. Buddy Hield’s 3-pointer put the Pacers ahead for good with 5:28 left. He made 2 3-pointers during the run, and they led 113-106 with 3:57 left.
The Cavaliers got within 115-114 on Donovan Mitchell’s 15-foot pull-up jumper with 1:53 to play, but Tyrese Haliburton answered with a 23-foot step-back jumper, and the Cavaliers got no closer.
Haliburton’s 2 free throws with 1.9 seconds left made it 121-116 and put it away.
During clutch time, the Pacers outscored the Cavaliers 15-9. Haliburton (No. 3 in clutch wins added, 2023-24) scored 10 of the Pacers’ 15 on 2 for 3 shooting and 6 for 6 at the line. In the fourth quarter, Evan Mobley had 2 of his 3 steals, one of them leading to Caris LeVert’s driving dunk that put the Cavaliers ahead 95-94, and the Cavaliers scored 2 points off them. In that stretch, Haliburton had 4 of his 13 assists, 2 of them on baskets by Bruce Brown and Aaron Nesmith that put the Pacers ahead.
Brown scored 19 points. Haliburton assisted on 6 of Turner’s 9 baskets.
For the Cavaliers, Mitchell had 38 points and 9 assists. The Cavaliers had 7 players in double-digit scoring.
The Pacers shot 52.3% from the field and 48.4% from 3 to the Cavaliers’ 52.4% and 28.6%. The Pacers outscored the Cavaliers 27-16 in 7 minutes with Turner, Hield, Brown, Toppin and Haliburton 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).
105 points from the field on 85 shots: 10.7 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 | 20-30 | 66.7% | 66% |
| In the paint | 6-14 | 42.9% | 44% |
| Mid-range | 4-11 | 36.4% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 3-7 | 42.9% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 12-24 | 50.0% | 36% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evan Mobley | 27 | 13 | 6-7 | +5 |
| Jarrett Allen | 21 | 4 | 1-4 | −2 |
| Max Strus | 6 | 5 | 2-3 | +3 |
| Donovan Mitchell | 4 | 2 | 1-1 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 16 | 9 | 2-4 | +4 |
The tracking credits him with 33 points on 74 possessions. He usually scores about 22 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donovan Mitchell | 38 | 4 | 2-4 | −4 |
| Caris LeVert | 11 | 3 | 1-2 | +1 |
| Georges Niang | 7 | 2 | 1-1 | +1 |
| Darius Garland | 6 | 2 | 1-1 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 13 | 5 | 2-5 | +2 |
The tracking credits him with 16 points on 75 possessions. He usually scores about 16 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darius Garland | 23 | 2 | 1-4 | −5 |
| Isaac Okoro | 17 | 4 | 1-2 | −1 |
| Evan Mobley | 7 | 4 | 2-2 | +2 |
| Caris LeVert | 7 | 2 | 0-1 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 16 | 4 | 2-6 | −1 |
The tracking credits him with 16 points on 70 possessions. He usually scores about 21 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
Haliburton 23' Step Back Jump Shot (14 PTS)
Q4 0:18
24.2%
71→95
Hield 27' 3PT Running Jump Shot (11 PTS)
Q4 5:28
20.6%
37→58
Mitchell 15' Pullup Jump Shot (36 PTS) (Garland 6 AST)
Q4 1:53
19.5%
82→62
Brown 25' 3PT Running Jump Shot (17 PTS) (Haliburton 10 AST)
Q4 8:32
16.4%
46→62
LeVert 6' Driving Floating Jump Shot (13 PTS)
Q4 7:11
15.4%
55→40
