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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Pacers | 15 | 35 | 34 | 36 | 120 |
 Cavaliers | 32 | 29 | 37 | 21 | 119 |
INDTeam statsCLE| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IND | 44-8551.8% | 11-2839.3% | 21-2972.4% | 44 | 28 | 17 |
| CLE | 39-9043.3% | 11-3928.2% | 30-3585.7% | 43 | 24 | 13 |
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Indiana Pacers120| 36 | 13 | 5-13 | 0-4 | 3-5 | 0 | +10 | −4.8 | |||||||
| 36 | 19 | 7-11 | 2-2 | 0 | 3-5 | 0 | +11 | +5.9 | ||||||
| 35 | 23 | 8-17 | 2-5 | 5-6 | +15 | +5.1 | ||||||||
| 33 | 23 | 8-13 | 5-8 | 0 | 2-2 | −2 | +8.9 | |||||||
| 30 | 12 | 5-8 | 0-0 | 2-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | −2.8 | |||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 20 | 19 | 6-10 | 1-3 | 0 | 6-6 | 0 | 0 | +8 | +4.2 | |||||
| 16 | 7 | 3-6 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | −2 | +0.9 | |||||||
| 14 | 4 | 2-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −15 | −3.8 | ||||||
| 11 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −9 | −3.7 | |||||
| 6 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | −1.5 | |||
| 3 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −8 | −2.6 | ||||
| Team | 120 | 44-8551.8% | 11-2839.3% | 44 | 28 | 17 | 26 | 21-2972.4% | 11 | 7 | 9 | |||
Bench 30 points on 11 for 23 shooting
Did not play: James Johnson, Tony Bradley and Johnny Furphy (coach’s decision).
Cleveland Cavaliers119| 39 | 23 | 8-18 | 5-12 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −14 | +2.1 | ||||||
| 38 | 22 | 7-9 | 0-0 | 8-8 | 0 | −5 | +4.3 | |||||||
| 36 | 48 | 15-30 | 1-7 | 17-21 | +13 | +13.2 | ||||||||
| 30 | 3 | 1-4 | 1-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +5 | −0.2 | ||||||
| 28 | 2 | 1-14 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | −17.2 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 29 | 5 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | +1 | −2.6 | |||||
| 26 | 14 | 5-10 | 4-9 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +2.6 | |||||
| 10 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | −1.5 | |||
| 4 | 2 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −4 | +1.3 | |||
| Team | 119 | 39-9043.3% | 11-3928.2% | 43 | 24 | 13 | 21 | 30-3585.7% | 14 | 11 | 5 | |||
Bench 21 points on 7 for 15 shooting
Did not play: Darius Garland, De'Andre Hunter and Evan Mobley (injury/illness); Chuma Okeke, Tristan Thompson and Jaylon Tyson (coach’s decision).
Pacers120Cavaliers119ClickTap 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 made a step-back 3-pointer with 1.1 seconds left, and the Indiana Pacers rallied from 20 points down in the second quarter to beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 120-119 for a 2-0 lead in the Eastern Conference semifinals.
The Pacers trailed 35-15 with 11:43 left in the second quarter and 61-50 at halftime. They were still down 119-112 with 47 seconds left in the fourth quarter, with a 2.1% chance to win, and outscored the Cavaliers 8-0 the rest of the way.
During clutch time, the Cavaliers outscored the Pacers 10-6. Max Strus scored 5 of the Cavaliers’ 10 on 2 for 3 shooting.
Aaron Nesmith had 23 points (15 on 5 3-pointers) and 3 blocks. Myles Turner added 23 points (11 in the second quarter), 8 rebounds and 5 blocks, and Haliburton had 19 points and 9 rebounds. Andrew Nembhard assisted on 6 of Turner’s 8 baskets, 2 of them in the fourth quarter.
For the Cavaliers, Donovan Mitchell had 48 points, 9 assists and 4 steals but went 1 for 7 from 3, and Strus added 23 points and 8 rebounds. Jarrett Allen had 22 points, 12 rebounds and 3 blocks on 7 for 9 shooting. The Cavaliers had 3 20-point scorers.
The Pacers scored the last 8 points of the game. The Cavaliers outscored the Pacers 22-7 in 5 minutes with Mitchell, Wade, Green, Okoro and Merrill 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. The Pacers’ chance bottomed out at 2.1% (4th quarter, 47s left). Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
99 points from the field on 85 shots: 5.5 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 21-29 | 72.4% | 66% |
| In the paint | 4-14 | 28.6% | 44% |
| Mid-range | 8-14 | 57.1% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 5-12 | 41.7% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 6-16 | 37.5% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jarrett Allen | 44 | 13 | 5-7 | +1 |
| Max Strus | 8 | 2 | 1-3 | 0 |
| Dean Wade | 6 | 0 | 0-1 | −2 |
| Donovan Mitchell | 5 | 3 | 1-1 | +2 |
| Everyone else | 15 | 5 | 1-3 | +1 |
The tracking credits him with 23 points on 79 possessions. He usually scores about 21 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donovan Mitchell | 26 | 6 | 2-3 | −1 |
| Ty Jerome | 14 | 3 | 1-3 | −1 |
| Max Strus | 8 | 2 | 0-1 | 0 |
| Isaac Okoro | 6 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Everyone else | 13 | 10 | 4-4 | +7 |
The tracking credits him with 21 points on 68 possessions. He usually scores about 17 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max Strus | 12 | 0 | 0-1 | −3 |
| Sam Merrill | 11 | 3 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Isaac Okoro | 5 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Ty Jerome | 4 | 2 | 1-2 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 9 | 13 | 5-7 | +11 |
The tracking credits him with 18 points on 40 possessions. He usually scores about 11 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.
CLE win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
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Highest Leverage Moments
Haliburton 25' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot (19 PTS)
Q4 0:01
77.2%
92→14
End of 4th Period (9:47 PM EST)
Q4 0:00
14.4%
14→0
Mitchell 11' Driving Floating Jump Shot (44 PTS)
Q4 3:15
13.0%
79→92
Nesmith 3PT Jump Shot (21 PTS) (Nembhard 11 AST)
Q4 3:33
12.9%
92→79
Haliburton 25' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (5 PTS)
Q2 7:18
11.5%
93→82
