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Indiana Pacers vs. Cleveland Cavaliers

January 6, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Cavaliers beat the Pacers 120-116 on 2026-01-06 on the road against the Pacers. The Pacers started Pascal Siakam, Andrew Nembhard, Aaron Nesmith, Jay Huff, and Johnny Furphy. The Cavaliers started Jarrett Allen, Darius Garland, Dean Wade, Sam Merrill, and Evan Mobley. Darius Garland (Cavaliers) scored 9 points (3/6) in his matchups, with Johnny Furphy as his primary defender. Pascal Siakam (Pacers) scored 10 points (5/11) 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 116

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Pascal Siakam GS	34:35	22	4	3	2	1	2	1	9-23	0-1	4-5	-3
Aaron Nesmith GS	33:06	14	8	4	1	0	2	1	5-17	3-7	1-2	+8
Jay Huff GS	30:42	20	2	2	0	1	1	3	7-10	4-7	2-2	-14
Johnny Furphy GS	30:30	9	11	2	1	0	0	2	4-6	1-3	0-0	+3
Andrew Nembhard GS	30:29	15	1	11	1	1	3	1	6-12	1-2	2-4	0
Ben Sheppard	19:24	6	1	1	1	0	1	1	2-3	2-2	0-0	-6
Jarace Walker	17:40	10	2	3	1	0	0	2	4-7	2-4	0-0	-4
T.J. McConnell	17:31	7	0	6	2	1	2	0	3-8	1-3	0-0	-4
Micah Potter	17:18	11	2	0	0	0	0	2	2-4	2-4	5-6	+10
Ethan Thompson	8:44	2	1	0	1	0	0	1	1-3	0-2	0-0	-10
Totals		116	32	32	10	4	11	14	43-93	16-35	14-19

Did not play: Quenton Jackson (DNP - Coach's Decision), Kam Jones (DNP - Coach's Decision)

CLE

Cleveland Cavaliers 120

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Evan Mobley GS	35:36	20	6	5	2	2	4	4	8-16	0-3	4-4	-1
Jarrett Allen GS	33:39	19	12	4	2	0	2	3	8-13	0-1	3-6	+3
Darius Garland GS	32:58	29	2	6	0	0	0	2	14-23	1-4	0-0	+1
Sam Merrill GS	31:26	19	4	2	0	0	1	2	6-12	6-10	1-2	+5
Dean Wade GS	8:25	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	1-2	1-2	0-0	-2
Craig Porter Jr.	27:58	8	9	9	2	3	4	4	3-6	1-2	1-2	+7
Jaylon Tyson	27:29	3	2	4	1	0	1	2	1-2	0-0	1-2	-5
De'Andre Hunter	21:45	12	9	2	0	0	5	4	5-9	0-1	2-2	+2
Nae'Qwan Tomlin	20:44	7	3	1	0	1	1	2	3-5	1-3	0-0	+10
Totals		120	48	33	7	6	19	23	49-88	10-26	12-18

Did not play: Lonzo Ball (DNP - Coach's Decision), Thomas Bryant (DNP - Coach's Decision), Tyrese Proctor (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

IND

Indiana Pacers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Pascal Siakam · Andrew Nembhard · Aaron Nesmith · Jay Huff · Johnny Furphy Starter 14.0 min
Pascal Siakam · Andrew Nembhard · Jay Huff · Ben Sheppard · Johnny Furphy 6.4 min
T.J. McConnell · Aaron Nesmith · Micah Potter · Jarace Walker · Ben Sheppard 6.3 min
Pascal Siakam · Andrew Nembhard · Aaron Nesmith · Micah Potter · Johnny Furphy 3.6 min
T.J. McConnell · Pascal Siakam · Ethan Thompson · Micah Potter · Jarace Walker 3.5 min

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Cleveland Cavaliers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Jarrett Allen · Darius Garland · Dean Wade · Sam Merrill · Evan Mobley Starter 5.8 min
Jarrett Allen · Darius Garland · Sam Merrill · Evan Mobley · Jaylon Tyson 8.1 min
De'Andre Hunter · Evan Mobley · Nae'Qwan Tomlin · Craig Porter Jr. · Jaylon Tyson 6.8 min
Jarrett Allen · Darius Garland · Sam Merrill · Evan Mobley · Craig Porter Jr. 5.7 min
Jarrett Allen · De'Andre Hunter · Darius Garland · Nae'Qwan Tomlin · Craig Porter Jr. 4.7 min

Who guarded whom

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

Pacers defense

Darius Garland 9 pts (3/6) in 67 possessions

Guarded by: Johnny Furphy (35 %, 5 pts) · Andrew Nembhard (19 %, 0 pts) · Aaron Nesmith (13 %, 0 pts)
Evan Mobley 22 pts (8/24) in 73 possessions

Guarded by: Pascal Siakam (37 %, 3 pts) · Micah Potter (29 %, 3 pts) · Jay Huff (13 %, 7 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Pascal Siakam	Evan Mobley: 27 poss., 3 pts (1/8) · Nae'Qwan Tomlin: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Aaron Nesmith	Sam Merrill: 19 poss., 3 pts (1/4) · Jaylon Tyson: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Jay Huff	Jarrett Allen: 37 poss., 6 pts (2/2) · Evan Mobley: 9 poss., 7 pts (3/4)
Johnny Furphy	Darius Garland: 23 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Sam Merrill: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Andrew Nembhard	Craig Porter Jr.: 13 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Darius Garland: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Micah Potter	Evan Mobley: 21 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Jarrett Allen: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
T.J. McConnell	Craig Porter Jr.: 13 poss., 4 pts (2/4) · Jaylon Tyson: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jarace Walker	Nae'Qwan Tomlin: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Jaylon Tyson: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ben Sheppard	Jaylon Tyson: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Darius Garland: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ethan Thompson	Craig Porter Jr.: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Sam Merrill: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Cavaliers defense

Pascal Siakam 10 pts (5/11) in 69 possessions

Guarded by: Evan Mobley (48 %, 2 pts) · Jaylon Tyson (11 %, 0 pts) · Nae'Qwan Tomlin (8 %, 2 pts)
Andrew Nembhard 27 pts (12/16) in 61 possessions

Guarded by: Darius Garland (55 %, 17 pts) · Sam Merrill (11 %, 0 pts) · Craig Porter Jr. (9 %, 4 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Jarrett Allen	Jay Huff: 41 poss., 11 pts (4/8) · Micah Potter: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Evan Mobley	Pascal Siakam: 33 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Micah Potter: 16 poss., 9 pts (3/5)
Darius Garland	Andrew Nembhard: 33 poss., 17 pts (8/12) · Johnny Furphy: 12 poss., 4 pts (2/5)
Sam Merrill	Johnny Furphy: 16 poss., 9 pts (3/4) · Aaron Nesmith: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Craig Porter Jr.	T.J. McConnell: 21 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Johnny Furphy: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jaylon Tyson	Aaron Nesmith: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Ben Sheppard: 8 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Nae'Qwan Tomlin	Jarace Walker: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Pascal Siakam: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
De'Andre Hunter	Aaron Nesmith: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jarace Walker: 8 poss., 2 pts (0/1)
Dean Wade	Aaron Nesmith: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Andrew Nembhard: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)