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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Cavaliers | 22 | 31 | 31 | 36 | 120 |
 Pacers | 28 | 32 | 33 | 23 | 116 |
CLETeam statsIND| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLE | 49-8855.7% | 10-2638.5% | 12-1866.7% | 48 | 33 | 19 |
| IND | 43-9346.2% | 16-3545.7% | 14-1973.7% | 32 | 32 | 11 |
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Cleveland Cavaliers120| 36 | 20 | 8-16 | 0-3 | 4-4 | −1 | −0.7 | ||||||||
| 34 | 19 | 8-13 | 0-1 | 3-6 | 0 | +3 | +4.1 | |||||||
| 33 | 29 | 14-23 | 1-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | +5.0 | ||||
| 31 | 19 | 6-12 | 6-10 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | +5 | +1.4 | ||||||
| 8 | 3 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −1.7 | |||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 28 | 8 | 3-6 | 1-2 | 1-2 | +7 | +3.5 | ||||||||
| 27 | 3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | −5 | −3.6 | ||||||
| 22 | 12 | 5-9 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +2 | −4.0 | ||||||
| 21 | 7 | 3-5 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | +10 | −1.5 | |||||||
| Team | 120 | 49-8855.7% | 10-2638.5% | 48 | 33 | 19 | 23 | 12-1866.7% | 10 | 7 | 6 | |||
Bench 30 points on 12 for 22 shooting
Did not play: Lonzo Ball, Thomas Bryant and Tyrese Proctor (coach’s decision).
Indiana Pacers116| 35 | 22 | 9-23 | 0-1 | 4-5 | −3 | −3.5 | ||||||||
| 33 | 14 | 5-17 | 3-7 | 1-2 | 0 | +8 | −4.4 | |||||||
| 31 | 20 | 7-10 | 4-7 | 2-2 | 0 | −14 | +4.2 | |||||||
| 31 | 9 | 4-6 | 1-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +3 | +3.2 | ||||||
| 30 | 15 | 6-12 | 1-2 | 2-4 | 0 | 0 | +1.9 | |||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 19 | 6 | 2-3 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | −0.7 | ||||||
| 18 | 10 | 4-7 | 2-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | +2.8 | |||||
| 18 | 7 | 3-8 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −4 | +0.8 | |||||
| 17 | 11 | 2-4 | 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 5-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +10 | +1.0 | |||
| 9 | 2 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −10 | −1.6 | ||||
| Team | 116 | 43-9346.2% | 16-3545.7% | 32 | 32 | 11 | 14 | 14-1973.7% | 7 | 10 | 4 | |||
Bench 36 points on 12 for 25 shooting
Did not play: Kam Jones and Quenton Jackson (coach’s decision).
Cavaliers120Pacers116ClickTap 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.
Darius Garland scored 29 points (20 in the paint), and the Cleveland Cavaliers went on an 11-0 run in the fourth quarter to beat the Indiana Pacers 120-116.
The Pacers led 102-98 with 7:02 left in the fourth quarter. Garland’s 21-foot pull-up jumper put the Cavaliers ahead for good with 5:46 left. They took a 109-102 lead with 3:48 left.
The Pacers got within 115-114 on Pascal Siakam’s three-point play with 33 seconds to play, but Garland answered with a 16-foot pull-up jumper, and the Pacers got no closer than 117-115.
During clutch time, the Cavaliers outscored the Pacers 15-6. Garland scored 10 of the Cavaliers’ 15 on 5 for 5 shooting.
Evan Mobley scored 20 points (14 in the paint).
For the Pacers, Siakam scored 22 points, and Jay Huff added 20 points on 7 for 10 shooting.
The Cavaliers shot 55.7% from the field to the Pacers’ 46.2% and outscored them 64-42 in the paint. The Pacers got 7 offensive rebounds, about 4 fewer than usual for the shots they missed. The Pacers’ starters outscored the Cavaliers 42-32 in 14 minutes together.
Cleveland CavaliersIndiana PacersPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. Wins: how much his shots, free throws, turnovers and passes moved his team’s chance to win (1.00 is a whole win).
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.
108 points from the field on 88 shots: 14.7 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 17-24 | 70.8% | 67% |
| In the paint | 15-26 | 57.7% | 45% |
| Mid-range | 7-12 | 58.3% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 2-6 | 33.3% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 8-20 | 40.0% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Nembhard | 33 | 17 | 8-12 | +8 |
| Johnny Furphy | 12 | 4 | 2-5 | +1 |
| Ben Sheppard | 5 | 0 | 0-2 | −1 |
| Aaron Nesmith | 5 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 10 | 8 | 4-4 | +5 |
The tracking credits him with 29 points on 65 possessions. He usually scores about 18 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pascal Siakam | 33 | 2 | 1-4 | −7 |
| Micah Potter | 16 | 9 | 3-5 | +5 |
| Aaron Nesmith | 6 | 0 | 0-1 | −2 |
| Jay Huff | 4 | 0 | 0-2 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 9 | 9 | 4-4 | +7 |
The tracking credits him with 20 points on 69 possessions. He usually scores about 18 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jay Huff | 41 | 11 | 4-8 | +1 |
| Micah Potter | 9 | 2 | 1-1 | 0 |
| Pascal Siakam | 6 | 4 | 2-3 | +3 |
| Johnny Furphy | 5 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 12 | 2 | 1-1 | −1 |
The tracking credits him with 19 points on 71 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.
Score margin over time — positive = IND leads, negative = CLE leads
IND Largest Lead
9
Q1 2:23
CLE Largest Lead
7
Q4 3:48
Key Scoring Runs (8+)
IND 8-0 run
Q1 8:28 – Q1 5:44
-3 → +5
CLE 8-0 run
Q2 6:27 – Q2 5:07
+6 → -2
CLE 8-0 run
Q4 10:56 – Q4 9:36
+9 → +1
CLE 11-0 run
Q4 6:52 – Q4 3:48
+4 → -7
