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Indiana Pacers vs. Cleveland Cavaliers

December 1, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Cavaliers beat the Pacers 135-119 on 2025-12-01 on the road against the Pacers. The Pacers started Pascal Siakam, Andrew Nembhard, Jay Huff, Bennedict Mathurin, and Jarace Walker. The Cavaliers started Donovan Mitchell, De'Andre Hunter, Dean Wade, Evan Mobley, and Jaylon Tyson. Donovan Mitchell (Cavaliers) scored 14 points (5/5) in his matchups, with Bennedict Mathurin as his primary defender. Pascal Siakam (Pacers) scored 26 points (10/18) in his matchups, with Evan Mobley as his primary defender.

Box score

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

IND

Indiana Pacers 119

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Andrew Nembhard GS	32:30	21	4	6	0	0	2	1	7-11	2-2	5-6	-16
Pascal Siakam GS	31:15	26	7	2	0	0	0	2	11-21	0-3	4-6	-21
Jarace Walker GS	29:18	7	5	3	2	0	2	1	2-8	0-5	3-4	-2
Jay Huff GS	25:45	15	3	1	0	3	1	3	6-10	3-6	0-0	-5
Bennedict Mathurin GS	21:48	11	4	1	0	0	3	3	3-9	2-4	3-5	-21
Garrison Mathews	25:18	15	1	1	1	0	0	2	3-3	3-3	6-9	-11
Ben Sheppard	17:33	0	2	3	0	0	2	0	0-3	0-2	0-0	+8
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl	16:45	5	5	0	0	1	1	4	1-5	0-3	3-3	+5
Isaiah Jackson	15:31	6	3	0	1	2	2	3	2-3	0-0	2-2	-13
Ethan Thompson	6:57	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	1-2	0-1	0-0	+1
Tony Bradley	6:44	6	1	0	0	0	1	0	3-6	0-0	0-0	+2
T.J. McConnell	5:56	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	2-3	0-0	0-0	-6
Taelon Peter	4:40	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0-1	0-1	1-2	-1
Totals		119	36	19	5	6	14	22	41-85	10-30	27-37

CLE

Cleveland Cavaliers 135

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Donovan Mitchell GS	34:29	43	9	6	0	0	3	2	16-27	4-10	7-9	+22
Jaylon Tyson GS	30:47	27	11	4	1	0	2	3	10-13	4-5	3-3	+23
Evan Mobley GS	28:12	13	5	5	0	2	0	5	6-13	0-3	1-2	+22
De'Andre Hunter GS	27:57	13	3	4	0	0	1	3	4-10	2-6	3-6	+5
Dean Wade GS	25:40	9	2	3	1	0	1	6	3-6	1-4	2-3	+3
Nae'Qwan Tomlin	27:15	6	6	1	2	4	1	2	2-6	0-1	2-2	+15
Craig Porter Jr.	22:26	4	5	3	1	2	0	4	2-5	0-1	0-0	-4
Tyrese Proctor	21:31	12	2	0	1	0	0	2	3-9	3-7	3-4	+7
Thomas Bryant	12:04	6	2	0	1	0	0	0	3-6	0-2	0-0	-4
Luke Travers	8:43	2	3	1	0	0	0	1	1-3	0-1	0-0	-9
Chris Livingston	0:57	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0
Totals		135	48	27	7	8	8	28	50-98	14-40	21-29

Did not play: Lonzo Ball (DND - Injury/Illness)

Lineups

IND

Indiana Pacers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Pascal Siakam · Andrew Nembhard · Jay Huff · Bennedict Mathurin · Jarace Walker Starter 9.7 min
Pascal Siakam · Andrew Nembhard · Garrison Mathews · Jay Huff · Jarace Walker 6.8 min
Tony Bradley · Garrison Mathews · Jeremiah Robinson-Earl · Ethan Thompson · Taelon Peter 4.7 min
T.J. McConnell · Pascal Siakam · Andrew Nembhard · Isaiah Jackson · Bennedict Mathurin 3.1 min
Garrison Mathews · Jeremiah Robinson-Earl · Jay Huff · Jarace Walker · Ben Sheppard 2.9 min

CLE

Cleveland Cavaliers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Donovan Mitchell · De'Andre Hunter · Dean Wade · Evan Mobley · Jaylon Tyson Starter 12.1 min
De'Andre Hunter · Evan Mobley · Nae'Qwan Tomlin · Craig Porter Jr. · Jaylon Tyson 5.0 min
Donovan Mitchell · Thomas Bryant · Dean Wade · Nae'Qwan Tomlin · Craig Porter Jr. 4.9 min
Donovan Mitchell · Evan Mobley · Nae'Qwan Tomlin · Jaylon Tyson · Tyrese Proctor 3.7 min
De'Andre Hunter · Dean Wade · Luke Travers · Craig Porter Jr. · Tyrese Proctor 2.9 min

Who guarded whom

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

Pacers defense

Donovan Mitchell 14 pts (5/5) in 68 possessions

Guarded by: Bennedict Mathurin (16 %, 0 pts) · Andrew Nembhard (16 %, 4 pts) · Garrison Mathews (15 %, 0 pts)
Evan Mobley 25 pts (7/16) in 53 possessions

Guarded by: Jay Huff (36 %, 8 pts) · Isaiah Jackson (13 %, 4 pts) · Jarace Walker (11 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Andrew Nembhard	Jaylon Tyson: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Donovan Mitchell: 11 poss., 4 pts (1/1)
Jarace Walker	De'Andre Hunter: 12 poss., 1 pts (0/2) · Jaylon Tyson: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Pascal Siakam	Nae'Qwan Tomlin: 17 poss., 4 pts (2/5) · Dean Wade: 13 poss., 8 pts (4/4)
Jay Huff	Evan Mobley: 19 poss., 8 pts (3/6) · Dean Wade: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Garrison Mathews	Tyrese Proctor: 21 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Donovan Mitchell: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Bennedict Mathurin	Donovan Mitchell: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · De'Andre Hunter: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl	De'Andre Hunter: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Nae'Qwan Tomlin: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ben Sheppard	Donovan Mitchell: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Craig Porter Jr.: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Isaiah Jackson	Thomas Bryant: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Evan Mobley: 7 poss., 4 pts (1/2)
Ethan Thompson	Craig Porter Jr.: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Nae'Qwan Tomlin: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tony Bradley	Evan Mobley: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Dean Wade: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
T.J. McConnell	Craig Porter Jr.: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · De'Andre Hunter: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Taelon Peter	Tyrese Proctor: 3 poss., 1 pts (0/1) · Donovan Mitchell: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Cavaliers defense

Pascal Siakam 26 pts (10/18) in 62 possessions

Guarded by: Evan Mobley (37 %, 4 pts) · Nae'Qwan Tomlin (16 %, 0 pts) · Dean Wade (12 %, 0 pts)
Bennedict Mathurin 19 pts (7/8) in 45 possessions

Guarded by: De'Andre Hunter (27 %, 0 pts) · Donovan Mitchell (20 %, 8 pts) · Jaylon Tyson (18 %, 6 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Donovan Mitchell	Andrew Nembhard: 29 poss., 8 pts (3/7) · Bennedict Mathurin: 9 poss., 8 pts (4/4)
Jaylon Tyson	Jarace Walker: 17 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Bennedict Mathurin: 8 poss., 6 pts (2/3)
Evan Mobley	Pascal Siakam: 23 poss., 4 pts (2/6) · Jay Huff: 9 poss., 4 pts (2/3)
De'Andre Hunter	Jarace Walker: 20 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Bennedict Mathurin: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Dean Wade	Jay Huff: 20 poss., 4 pts (1/2) · Bennedict Mathurin: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Nae'Qwan Tomlin	Pascal Siakam: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jay Huff: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Craig Porter Jr.	T.J. McConnell: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Ben Sheppard: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Tyrese Proctor	Garrison Mathews: 19 poss., 1 pts (0/1) · Andrew Nembhard: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Thomas Bryant	Isaiah Jackson: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Andrew Nembhard: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Luke Travers	Garrison Mathews: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jeremiah Robinson-Earl: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Chris Livingston	Jeremiah Robinson-Earl: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Taelon Peter: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0)