Indiana Pacers vs. Cleveland Cavaliers

Oct 28, 2023

FINAL

2-0IndianaPacers

125

1-2ClevelandCavaliers

113

Box Score

	1	2	3	4	T
IND	31	29	31	34	125
CLE	37	12	38	26	113

Game Recap

The Pacers defeated the Cavaliers, 125-113. Aaron Nesmith recorded a career-high 26 points (10-16 FG, 5-9 3PM), along with nine rebounds for the Pacers, while Tyrese Haliburton added 21 points, eight rebounds and 13 assists in the victory. Evan Mobley led all scorers with 33 points (12-22 FG), along with 14 rebounds for the Cavaliers in the losing effort. The Pacers improve to 2-0 on the season, while the Cavaliers fall to 1-2.

Player Stats

PACERS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
00Bennedict MathurinSF	17	5-10	1-3	2-3	0	1	0	0	0	0	-11	13
1Obi ToppinPF	18	2-5	0-1	0-0	4	0	0	1	1	1	-6	4
33Myles TurnerC	29	7-14	1-5	5-5	12	1	0	2	2	5	-5	20
11Bruce BrownSG	32	3-8	0-1	0-0	4	2	1	0	0	3	0	6
0Tyrese HaliburtonPG	32	7-16	4-7	3-3	8	13	0	0	1	2	-1	21
2Andrew Nembhard	25	2-5	0-2	0-0	2	4	2	0	1	4	+21	4
7Buddy Hield	18	4-12	2-7	0-0	1	4	0	1	1	1	+6	10
23Aaron Nesmith	30	10-16	5-9	1-2	9	0	0	0	0	1	+18	26
25Jalen Smith	18	5-7	2-3	1-2	6	3	0	0	1	2	+17	13
9T.J. McConnell	18	3-5	0-0	2-2	2	8	0	0	0	1	+21	8
22Isaiah Jackson	— did not play —												— did not play —
13Jordan Nwora	— did not play —												— did not play —
26Ben Sheppard	— did not play —												— did not play —
27Daniel Theis	— did not play —												— did not play —
5Jarace Walker	— did not play —												— did not play —
TOTAL	-	48-9849.0%	15-3839.5%	14-1782.4%	48	36	3	4	7	20	-	125

CAVALIERS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
35Isaac OkoroSF	34	5-8	0-0	1-2	6	3	0	1	0	3	-2	11
32Dean WadePF	36	2-5	2-5	0-0	3	3	0	1	0	2	+3	6
4Evan MobleyC	33	12-23	1-1	8-10	14	3	0	3	2	4	-15	33
1Max StrusSG	41	7-20	4-9	3-3	11	6	0	0	1	2	-5	21
3Caris LeVertPG	44	12-28	4-10	3-9	5	8	1	0	2	2	-2	31
20Georges Niang	18	3-10	1-4	0-0	3	2	0	1	1	3	-16	7
30Damian Jones	5	0-0	0-0	0-0	3	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0
21Emoni Bates	6	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-15	0
9Craig Porter Jr.	3	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0	-10	0
5Sam Merrill	5	0-2	0-1	0-0	2	1	1	0	0	0	+2	0
13Tristan Thompson	8	2-3	0-0	0-0	5	2	0	0	0	0	+1	4
15Isaiah Mobley	— did not play —												— did not play —



TOTAL	-	43-10043.0%	12-3138.7%	15-2462.5%	52	29	2	6	6	16	-	113

Play-by-Play

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1st quarterINDCLE

(11:55) Jump Ball E. Mobley vs. Turner: Tip to LeVert
(11:50) Toppin P.FOUL (P1.T1) (M.Smith)
(11:45) MISS Strus 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(11:41) Okoro REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
+2 (11:32) LeVert 2' Driving Layup (2 PTS)
02
(11:16) MISS Turner 3PT Jump Shot
(11:13) Haliburton REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
+3 (11:10) Mathurin 26' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Brown 1 AST)
32
+2 (10:49) LeVert 9' Jump Bank Shot (4 PTS)
34
(10:39) MISS Haliburton 21' Fadeaway Jumper
(10:35) E. Mobley REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(10:30) Brown Violation:Kicked Ball (M.Ervin)
(10:22) MISS Strus 3' Driving Floating Jump Shot
(10:18) E. Mobley REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
+2 (10:18) E. Mobley Tip Dunk Shot (2 PTS)
36
(10:12) MISS Mathurin 26' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
(10:09) LeVert REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(10:02) MISS LeVert 2' Driving Layup
(10:01) LeVert REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
(10:01) MISS LeVert Tip Layup Shot
(10:01) E. Mobley REBOUND (Off:2 Def:1)
+2 (10:00) E. Mobley Putback Layup (4 PTS)
38
(9:39) MISS Mathurin 1' Driving Layup
(9:37) E. Mobley REBOUND (Off:2 Def:2)
+2 (9:34) Okoro 2' Running Layup (2 PTS) (LeVert 1 AST)
310
(9:34) Pacers Timeout: Regular (Reg.1 Short 0)
(9:21) MISS Toppin 3PT Jump Shot
(9:19) Strus REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (9:11) LeVert 2' Driving Finger Roll Layup (6 PTS)
312
(8:54) MISS Brown 17' Pullup Jump Shot
(8:52) Strus REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+3 (8:39) LeVert 26' 3PT Jump Shot (9 PTS) (E. Mobley 1 AST)
315
(8:23) Wade S.FOUL (P1.T1) (M.Smith)
+1 (8:23) Turner Free Throw 1 of 2 (1 PTS)
415
+1 (8:23) Turner Free Throw 2 of 2 (2 PTS)
515
(8:06) MISS Strus 24' 3PT Jump Shot
(8:03) Turner REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(7:58) MISS Turner 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(7:55) Okoro REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
(7:45) MISS E. Mobley 2' Alley Oop Layup
(7:41) Turner REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(7:36) MISS Haliburton 2' Driving Layup
(7:34) Strus REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
+2 (7:25) LeVert 2' Driving Layup (11 PTS)
517
+2 (7:15) Turner 6' Driving Layup (4 PTS) (Haliburton 1 AST)
717
(7:15) Okoro S.FOUL (P1.T2) (A.Moyer-Gleich)
+1 (7:15) Turner Free Throw 1 of 1 (5 PTS)
817
(6:58) MISS Wade 24' 3PT Jump Shot
(6:56) Brown REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(6:52) MISS Haliburton 26' 3PT Running Pull-Up Jump Shot
(6:49) Strus REBOUND (Off:0 Def:4)
(6:41) MISS E. Mobley 14' Turnaround Jump Shot
(6:38) Turner REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
(6:26) MISS Turner 8' Driving Layup
(6:26) E. Mobley BLOCK (1 BLK)
(6:26) CAVALIERS Rebound
(6:11) MISS Strus 6' Driving Floating Jump Shot
(6:09) Haliburton REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
+2 (6:08) Nembhard Running Layup (2 PTS) (Haliburton 2 AST)
1017
(6:08) Okoro Violation:Defensive Goaltending (M.Ervin)
+3 (5:52) LeVert 25' 3PT Jump Shot (14 PTS) (Strus 1 AST)
1020
+2 (5:42) Nesmith 1' Driving Reverse Layup (2 PTS) (Hield 1 AST)
1220
+2 (5:28) LeVert 14' Pullup Jump Shot (16 PTS) (Strus 2 AST)
1222
(5:17) MISS Turner 8' Hook Shot
(5:14) E. Mobley REBOUND (Off:2 Def:3)
+3 (5:10) LeVert 26' 3PT Jump Shot (19 PTS)
1225
(5:10) Nembhard S.FOUL (P1.T2) (M.Ervin)
(5:10) MISS LeVert Free Throw 1 of 1
(5:07) Jones REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
+2 (5:03) Okoro Cutting Layup Shot (4 PTS) (LeVert 2 AST)
1227
(5:03) Pacers Timeout: Regular (Reg.2 Short 0)
(4:46) MISS Smith 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(4:43) Niang REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(4:21) CAVALIERS Turnover: Shot Clock (T#1)
+2 (4:10) Smith Cutting Dunk Shot (2 PTS) (Haliburton 3 AST)
1427
(3:45) MISS Niang 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(3:42) Smith REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(3:31) MISS Haliburton 25' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot
(3:28) Nesmith REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
(3:26) MISS Hield 27' 3PT Jump Shot
(3:26) Pacers Rebound
(3:26) Niang L.B.FOUL (P1.T3) (M.Ervin)
+2 (3:19) Haliburton Driving Finger Roll Layup (2 PTS) (Smith 1 AST)
1627
(3:03) Haliburton S.FOUL (P1.T3) (M.Ervin)
(3:03) MISS Okoro Free Throw 1 of 2
(3:03) CAVALIERS Rebound
+1 (3:03) Okoro Free Throw 2 of 2 (5 PTS)
1628
+2 (2:52) Smith 2' Cutting Dunk Shot (4 PTS) (Haliburton 4 AST)
1828
(2:37) LeVert Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T2)
(2:37) Nembhard STEAL (1 STL)
+3 (2:34) Hield 28' 3PT Running Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Nembhard 1 AST)
2128
(2:14) MISS Niang 6' Driving Layup
(2:10) Niang REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
(2:09) Niang Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T3)
(2:09) Nembhard STEAL (2 STL)
+2 (2:03) Nesmith Driving Layup (4 PTS) (McConnell 1 AST)
2328
(2:02) CAVALIERS Timeout: Regular (Full 1 Short 0)
+2 (1:43) E. Mobley 7' Turnaround Jump Shot (6 PTS)
2330
+3 (1:35) Nesmith 3PT Jump Shot (7 PTS) (McConnell 2 AST)
2630
+2 (1:14) Niang 1' Cutting Layup Shot (2 PTS) (Wade 1 AST)
2632
(1:02) MISS Hield 3PT Jump Shot
(0:59) LeVert REBOUND (Off:1 Def:2)
+2 (0:52) E. Mobley 1' Dunk (8 PTS) (LeVert 3 AST)
2634
+3 (0:44) Nesmith 26' 3PT Jump Shot (10 PTS) (McConnell 3 AST)
2934
+3 (0:32) LeVert 26' 3PT Jump Shot (22 PTS) (E. Mobley 2 AST)
2937
(0:18) MISS Nesmith 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(0:15) Smith REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
+2 (0:15) Smith 2' Putback Layup (6 PTS)
3137
(0:00) MISS LeVert 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(0:00) CAVALIERS Rebound

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4th quarter

Team Stats

IND

CLE

125Points113

48-98(49.0%)Field Goal(%)43-100(43.0%)

15-38(39.5%)3-Point(%)12-31(38.7%)

14-17(82.4%)Free Throw(%)15-24(62.5%)

48(11)Rebounds(Offensive)52(19)

36Assists29

3Steals2

4Blocks6

7Turnovers6

20Fouls16

62Pts In The Paint58

15Fast Break Pts9

12Pts Off Turnovers7

61Bench Pts11

15Largest Lead15

Game Details

Saturday, October 28, 2023 · 7:30 PM

Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse · Cleveland, OH

attendance: 19,432 (100%)