Indiana Pacers 108, Cleveland Cavaliers 117 — Recap

April 5, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Indiana Pacers 108, Cleveland Cavaliers 117. Scoring by quarter: Q1 IND 32-31 CLE; Q2 IND 26-24 CLE; Q3 IND 33-35 CLE; Q4 IND 17-27 CLE.

Top performers (box score): Donovan Mitchell (CLE) 38 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 threes on 16-of-27 shooting; James Harden (CLE) 28 points, 4 rebounds, 7 assists, 5 threes on 8-of-17 shooting; Micah Potter (IND) 21 points, 12 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 threes on 6-of-10 shooting; Obi Toppin (IND) 21 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 threes on 4-of-10 shooting; Jalen Slawson (IND) 19 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 5 threes on 7-of-11 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · CLE

Donovan Mitchell

38 PTS, 6 REB, 6 AST, 2 3PM · 16-27 FG

Scoring · CLE

James Harden

28 PTS, 4 REB, 7 AST, 5 3PM · 8-17 FG

Scoring · IND

Micah Potter

21 PTS, 12 REB, 4 AST, 3 3PM · 6-10 FG

Season highs

Obi Toppin · Season-high 21 pointsThomas Bryant · Season-high 10 reboundsJalen Slawson · Season-high 5 threes

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

📊 Game Flow

IND 12 largest lead Q2 7:56 (IND 47, CLE 35) · 8-0 run, Q3 5:41–Q3 5:09

CLE 15 largest lead Q4 1:52 (IND 102, CLE 117) · 11-0 run, Q4 4:29–Q4 1:52

Swings 9 lead changes Tied 5 times

Ahead for good: Nae'Qwan Tomlin makes 23-foot three point jumper (Craig Porter Jr. assists) (Q4 9:30, IND 96, CLE 99).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
IND	32	26	33	17		108
CLE	31	24	35	27		117

🧮 How They Scored

INDCLE

20Points in the paint54

9Fast-break points11

12Second-chance points12

4Points off turnovers8

56Bench points20

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

48.3%Effective FG%55.4%

9.2%Turnover %8.2%

24.5%Offensive rebound %22.5%

0.337Free-throw rate0.207

Box Score

Indiana Pacers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kobe Brown F	40	11	7	5	1	0	1	3-10	3-7	2-2	-16
Jalen Slawson F	33	19	6	2	2	0	3	7-11	5-7	0-0	-2
Micah Potter F	30	21	12	4	0	0	1	6-10	3-5	6-8	-8
Ethan Thompson G	30	5	1	1	0	0	0	1-12	0-6	3-4	+1
Quenton Jackson G	29	15	5	4	2	0	3	5-14	1-4	4-5	+3
Obi Toppin F	23	21	8	4	1	0	1	4-10	3-7	10-10	0
Kam Jones G	19	2	0	5	0	0	0	1-7	0-4	0-0	-12
Taelon Peter G	18	8	1	1	0	0	0	3-6	2-3	0-0	-10
Jay Huff F-C	18	6	3	2	1	1	1	3-6	0-1	0-0	-1

Cleveland Cavaliers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
James Harden G	34	28	4	7	3	1	2	8-17	5-11	7-8	+12
Donovan Mitchell G	33	38	6	6	1	0	3	16-27	2-7	4-5	+8
Keon Ellis G	33	13	5	0	1	0	0	5-9	3-7	0-0	+8
Max Strus G	31	4	7	5	0	0	0	1-10	1-9	1-2	-8
Thomas Bryant C	26	14	10	2	0	1	0	6-9	2-4	0-0	+4
Craig Porter G	23	5	4	1	0	2	0	2-4	1-2	0-0	+10
Larry Nance Jr. F	22	6	3	1	3	1	2	2-6	1-3	1-2	+5
Dennis Schroder G	20	6	2	3	0	0	1	2-6	0-1	2-2	+12
Nae'Qwan Tomlin F	13	3	4	0	0	1	1	1-2	1-2	0-0	+1
Tyrese Proctor G	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	-7

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Micah Potter	Starter	30	21	77.7	19.7	-10.2	17.8
Quenton Jackson	Starter	29	15	46.3	26.0	+4.9	8.9
Kobe Brown	Starter	40	11	50.6	12.9	-19.5	7.2
Ethan Thompson	Starter	30	5	18.2	18.9	+3.3	-6.8
Obi Toppin	Bench	23	21	72.9	31.4	0.0	24.5
Taelon Peter	Bench	18	8	66.7	15.0	-33.5	5.8
Jay Huff	Bench	18	6	50.0	18.9	-6.0	11.5
Kam Jones	Bench	19	2	14.3	17.5	-30.8	0.0
Jarace Walker	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Ben Sheppard	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Donovan Mitchell	Starter	33	38	65.1	42.7	+11.3	16.7
James Harden	Starter	34	28	68.2	26.5	+16.2	20.2
Thomas Bryant	Starter	26	14	77.8	15.0	+5.0	15.5
Keon Ellis	Starter	33	13	72.2	12.3	+11.6	7.8
Max Strus	Starter	31	4	18.4	15.1	-6.6	2.0
Larry Nance Jr.	Bench	22	6	43.6	17.6	+16.1	6.4
Dennis Schroder	Bench	20	6	43.6	16.0	+30.0	5.7
Craig Porter	Bench	23	5	62.5	7.7	+25.4	9.6
Nae'Qwan Tomlin	Bench	13	3	75.0	10.3	+3.7	7.1
Tyrese Proctor	Bench	05	0	0.0	16.7	-70.0	-7.9
Tristan Enaruna	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0