Cleveland Cavaliers 127, Indiana Pacers 117 — Recap

January 14, 2025 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Cleveland Cavaliers 127, Indiana Pacers 117. Scoring by quarter: Q1 CLE 37-30 IND; Q2 CLE 25-31 IND; Q3 CLE 38-28 IND; Q4 CLE 27-28 IND.

Top performers (box score): Donovan Mitchell (CLE) 35 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 threes on 12-of-23 shooting; Darius Garland (CLE) 24 points, 1 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 threes on 9-of-18 shooting; Pascal Siakam (IND) 23 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 threes on 10-of-16 shooting; Evan Mobley (CLE) 22 points, 13 rebounds, 1 assists, 3 threes on 8-of-12 shooting; Bennedict Mathurin (IND) 19 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 threes on 8-of-12 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · CLE

Donovan Mitchell

35 PTS, 9 REB, 3 AST, 3 3PM · 12-23 FG

Scoring · CLE

Darius Garland

24 PTS, 1 REB, 7 AST, 2 3PM · 9-18 FG

Scoring · IND

Pascal Siakam

23 PTS, 7 REB, 4 AST, 2 3PM · 10-16 FG

Season highs

Andrew Nembhard · Season-high 9 assists

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
CLE	37	25	38	27		127
IND	30	31	28	28		117

🧮 How They Scored

CLEIND

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

56.7%Effective FG%54.9%

12.0%Turnover %9.8%

33.3%Offensive rebound %20.5%

0.348Free-throw rate0.242

Box Score

Cleveland Cavaliers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Darius Garland G	35	24	1	7	1	—	4	9-18	2-8	4-6	+7
Evan Mobley F-C	33	22	13	1	—	1	1	8-12	3-4	3-5	+11
Jarrett Allen C	32	16	9	2	1	1	1	5-6	—	6-6	+9
Donovan Mitchell G	31	35	9	3	2	—	2	12-23	3-9	8-8	+13
Caris LeVert G	27	7	5	7	2	2	3	1-6	1-4	4-4	+9
Max Strus G	22	13	4	4	1	1	—	4-8	4-7	1-2	+5
Dean Wade F	21	—	3	—	—	1	—	0-3	0-3	—	+12
Georges Niang F	17	7	3	—	—	—	1	3-5	1-3	—	-3
Sam Merrill G	12	3	1	—	—	—	1	1-5	1-5	—	-7
Isaac Okoro F-G	7	—	1	1	1	—	—	0-3	0-1	—	+2
Craig Porter G	1	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	-4
Jaylon Tyson G-F	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-4

Indiana Pacers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Pascal Siakam F	34	23	7	4	1	—	1	10-16	2-2	1-1	-11
Andrew Nembhard G-F	33	10	4	9	3	—	2	4-12	0-1	2-5	-18
Ben Sheppard G	32	7	3	2	1	1	1	1-6	1-4	4-5	-4
Bennedict Mathurin G-F	31	19	4	2	1	1	3	8-12	3-6	0-1	-10
Myles Turner C-F	30	17	5	—	1	—	1	5-11	1-4	6-6	-20
T.J. McConnell G	21	10	1	8	1	—	—	5-11	—	—	+3
Obi Toppin F	20	10	3	3	1	—	1	4-9	2-3	—	-1
Jarace Walker F	18	11	5	1	—	1	—	4-8	1-4	2-2	-7
Thomas Bryant C	17	8	5	1	—	—	2	3-5	2-3	—	+6
RayJ Dennis G	1	2	—	—	1	—	—	0-1	0-1	2-2	+4
Johnny Furphy G	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	+4

🔬 Advanced Stats

Cleveland CavaliersTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Donovan Mitchell	Bench	31	35	66.0	33.3	+13.7	21.4
Darius Garland	Bench	35	24	58.1	28.2	+11.2	8.4
Evan Mobley	Bench	33	22	77.5	18.1	+13.8	18.0
Jarrett Allen	Bench	32	16	92.6	12.5	+13.0	14.2
Max Strus	Bench	22	13	73.2	16.7	+5.2	12.9
Caris LeVert	Bench	27	7	45.1	16.2	+13.4	9.4
Georges Niang	Bench	17	7	70.0	13.3	-7.7	4.5
Sam Merrill	Bench	12	3	30.0	20.7	-25.5	-4.5
Dean Wade	Bench	21	—	0.0	5.9	+29.7	-2.8
Isaac Okoro	Bench	7	—	0.0	17.6	+21.4	-15.4
Craig Porter	Bench	1	—	0.0	25.0	-133.3	-40.0
Jaylon Tyson	Bench	1	—	0.0	0.0	-133.3	0.0

Indiana PacersTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Pascal Siakam	Bench	34	23	70.0	20.5	-16.7	14.1
Bennedict Mathurin	Bench	31	19	76.4	20.0	-16.9	9.3
Myles Turner	Bench	30	17	62.3	22.4	-30.1	8.7
Jarace Walker	Bench	18	11	61.9	21.4	-15.8	13.2
T.J. McConnell	Bench	21	10	45.5	19.3	+8.6	11.1
Obi Toppin	Bench	20	10	55.6	20.0	-2.3	13.2
Andrew Nembhard	Bench	33	10	35.2	20.3	-28.0	8.0
Thomas Bryant	Bench	17	8	80.0	14.9	+9.6	9.8
Ben Sheppard	Bench	32	7	42.7	11.5	-4.0	2.7
RayJ Dennis	Bench	1	2	53.2	66.7	+133.3	80.0
Tyrese Haliburton	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Aaron Nesmith	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Johnny Furphy	Bench	1	—	0.0	0.0	+133.3	0.0