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Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Indiana Pacers

November 21, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Cavaliers beat the Pacers 120-109 on 2025-11-21 at home. The Cavaliers started Donovan Mitchell, De'Andre Hunter, Darius Garland, Evan Mobley, and Jaylon Tyson. The Pacers started Pascal Siakam, Andrew Nembhard, Isaiah Jackson, Bennedict Mathurin, and Ben Sheppard. Pascal Siakam (Pacers) scored 14 points (5/13) in his matchups, with Evan Mobley as his primary defender. Donovan Mitchell (Cavaliers) scored 19 points (5/8) in his matchups, with Ben Sheppard as his primary defender.

Box score

In orange, the game high in points, rebounds and assists.

CLE
Cleveland Cavaliers
Cleveland Cavaliers 120

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Evan Mobley GS 34:50 22 12 4 0 4 2 2 7-13 1-1 7-11 +18
Donovan Mitchell GS 34:13 32 9 5 1 0 5 4 11-22 4-11 6-8 +13
De'Andre Hunter GS 28:17 20 7 1 2 0 1 2 8-16 3-9 1-1 +19
Jaylon Tyson GS 26:56 14 8 3 0 0 0 3 6-7 2-3 0-0 -6
Darius Garland GS 26:34 20 2 7 0 0 4 3 5-12 3-4 7-7 +18
Lonzo Ball 25:18 0 7 5 0 1 1 4 0-2 0-2 0-0 +12
Dean Wade 20:05 4 3 1 0 1 1 3 2-4 0-2 0-0 +10
Larry Nance Jr. 19:11 4 2 1 1 2 0 0 2-4 0-1 0-0 -2
Nae'Qwan Tomlin 11:36 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-4 0-1 0-0 -14
Craig Porter Jr. 10:36 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 1-3 0-0 0-0 -5
Thomas Bryant 1:12 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0-1 0-1 0-0 -4
Tyrese Proctor 1:12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-1 0-0 0-0 -4
Totals 120 52 28 5 8 14 22 43-89 13-35 21-27

IND
Indiana Pacers
Indiana Pacers 109

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Bennedict Mathurin GS 37:18 21 7 2 1 1 3 3 7-15 2-7 5-5 -8
Pascal Siakam GS 36:53 26 9 4 1 0 3 3 9-15 3-6 5-6 -10
Andrew Nembhard GS 32:53 32 1 8 2 0 0 3 11-20 3-5 7-7 -11
Ben Sheppard GS 25:25 2 5 5 2 0 0 0 1-6 0-5 0-0 -16
Isaiah Jackson GS 17:58 3 4 0 2 1 1 3 1-4 0-0 1-2 -6
Jay Huff 26:00 5 5 0 1 4 2 4 2-9 1-7 0-0 0
T.J. McConnell 17:17 10 3 4 1 0 2 1 4-6 2-2 0-0 +3
Jarace Walker 17:07 6 4 0 0 0 0 2 2-6 0-2 2-2 -7
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl 12:17 2 3 0 0 0 1 2 0-2 0-0 2-2 -3
Garrison Mathews 10:17 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-3 0-3 0-0 -4
Tony Bradley 4:12 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0-2 0-0 2-2 -1
RayJ Dennis 1:12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 +4
Taelon Peter 1:12 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 +4
Totals 109 43 25 10 6 12 22 37-88 11-37 24-26

Lineups

CLE
Cleveland Cavaliers
Cleveland Cavaliers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

IND
Indiana Pacers
Indiana Pacers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Who guarded whom

Based on stats.nba.com matchup data. Points and shooting are always the offensive player's.

Cavaliers defense

Defender Guarded most
Donovan Mitchell Andrew Nembhard: 25 poss., 5 pts (2/7) · Ben Sheppard: 15 poss., 8 pts (3/4)
Evan Mobley Pascal Siakam: 27 poss., 3 pts (1/5) · Isaiah Jackson: 15 poss., 4 pts (1/1)
De'Andre Hunter Pascal Siakam: 13 poss., 5 pts (2/4) · Bennedict Mathurin: 12 poss., 4 pts (2/3)
Darius Garland Ben Sheppard: 25 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Andrew Nembhard: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Jaylon Tyson Bennedict Mathurin: 20 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Pascal Siakam: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Lonzo Ball Jarace Walker: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Bennedict Mathurin: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Dean Wade Jarace Walker: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Andrew Nembhard: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Larry Nance Jr. Jay Huff: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · T.J. McConnell: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Craig Porter Jr. Bennedict Mathurin: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · T.J. McConnell: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Nae'Qwan Tomlin Jay Huff: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · T.J. McConnell: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Tyrese Proctor Taelon Peter: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · RayJ Dennis: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Thomas Bryant Isaiah Jackson: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/1)

Pacers defense

Defender Guarded most
Bennedict Mathurin De'Andre Hunter: 25 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Jaylon Tyson: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Pascal Siakam Jaylon Tyson: 15 poss., 7 pts (3/4) · Evan Mobley: 13 poss., 6 pts (2/3)
Andrew Nembhard Darius Garland: 19 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Donovan Mitchell: 12 poss., 8 pts (2/2)
Jay Huff Larry Nance Jr.: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Evan Mobley: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Ben Sheppard Donovan Mitchell: 20 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Darius Garland: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jarace Walker Lonzo Ball: 9 poss., 4 pts (1/1) · De'Andre Hunter: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Isaiah Jackson Evan Mobley: 18 poss., 1 pts (0/2) · Larry Nance Jr.: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
T.J. McConnell Craig Porter Jr.: 6 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Lonzo Ball: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl Donovan Mitchell: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Larry Nance Jr.: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Garrison Mathews Donovan Mitchell: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jaylon Tyson: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Tony Bradley Dean Wade: 3 poss., 2 pts (0/1) · Evan Mobley: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
RayJ Dennis Jaylon Tyson: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Nae'Qwan Tomlin: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Taelon Peter Tyrese Proctor: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Larry Nance Jr.: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)