Pacers (121) vs Cavaliers (112) · May 4, 2025 · NBA Scores

FINAL

May 4, 2025

1-0IndianaPacers

121

0-1ClevelandCavaliers

112

Game Recap

The Pacers defeated the Cavaliers, 121-112. The Pacers move to 1-0 in the best-of-seven series as Game 2 will take place on Tuesday, May 6 at 7:00 PM ET on TNT.

Box Score

	1	2	3	4	T
IND	36	28	28	29	121
CLE	25	33	32	22	112

PACERS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
23Aaron NesmithSF	24	5-8	4-6	3-4	8	0	0	1	3	5	+9	17
43Pascal SiakamPF	33	6-15	2-5	3-3	8	4	1	0	2	1	+16	17
33Myles TurnerC	33	5-9	1-3	2-2	11	1	3	2	3	3	+11	13
2Andrew NembhardSG	37	7-10	5-6	4-4	0	6	0	0	0	1	+21	23
0Tyrese HaliburtonPG	36	9-15	2-6	2-2	3	13	1	3	1	1	+11	22
5Jarace Walker	8	1-2	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	1	2	-14	2
00Bennedict Mathurin	23	4-10	3-5	0-0	5	1	0	1	1	3	0	11
9T.J. McConnell	15	3-5	1-1	0-0	1	2	0	0	2	1	-6	7
1Obi Toppin	14	3-6	1-2	0-0	5	2	1	1	2	2	+7	7
26Ben Sheppard	7	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	1	-8	0
3Thomas Bryant	5	1-2	0-1	0-0	2	0	0	1	1	0	-2	2
13Tony Bradley	— did not play —												— did not play —
12Johnny Furphy	— did not play —												— did not play —
16James Johnson	— did not play —												— did not play —

TOTAL	-	44-8353.0%	19-3652.8%	14-1593.3%	43	30	6	9	16	20	-	121

CAVALIERS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
1Max StrusSF	31	2-9	2-8	1-2	7	3	2	1	0	4	-6	7
4Evan MobleyPF	35	9-13	2-5	0-0	10	2	2	0	4	3	-20	20
31Jarrett AllenC	30	6-7	0-0	0-0	5	1	2	0	1	1	-9	12
5Sam MerrillSG	17	2-5	2-5	0-0	4	4	0	0	0	2	-10	6
45Donovan MitchellPG	33	13-30	1-11	6-9	5	4	1	0	0	2	-19	33
2Ty Jerome	29	8-20	1-4	4-5	3	8	1	0	1	1	+10	21
12De'Andre Hunter	30	4-8	1-2	2-2	4	1	0	0	1	1	+7	11
32Dean Wade	16	0-2	0-1	0-0	3	0	0	0	0	2	-1	0
35Isaac Okoro	15	1-4	0-2	0-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	+3	2
10Darius Garland	— did not play —												— did not play —
8Javonte Green	— did not play —												— did not play —
18Chuma Okeke	— did not play —												— did not play —
9Craig Porter Jr.	— did not play —												— did not play —
13Tristan Thompson	— did not play —												— did not play —
24Jaylon Tyson	— did not play —												— did not play —
TOTAL	-	45-9845.9%	9-3823.7%	13-1872.2%	43	25	8	1	7	16	-	112

Play-by-Play

Scores Only

1st quarterindcle

(11:55) Jump Ball Allen vs. Turner: Tip to Siakam
(11:44) MISS Siakam 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(11:42) Strus REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (11:29) Mobley 11' Turnaround Fadeaway (2 PTS)
02
+2 (11:06) Nesmith 4' Driving Floating Bank Jump Shot (2 PTS) (Haliburton 1 AST)
22
+3 (10:45) Mobley 26' 3PT Jump Shot (5 PTS) (Merrill 1 AST)
25
+2 (10:34) Siakam 2' Cutting Layup Shot (2 PTS) (Nembhard 1 AST)
45
(10:24) MISS Mitchell Driving Layup
(10:21) Turner REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(10:18) Siakam Lost Ball Turnover (P1.T1)
(10:18) Strus STEAL (1 STL)
(10:11) MISS Merrill 25' 3PT Running Jump Shot
(10:08) Nesmith REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(9:56) MISS Siakam 2' Driving Finger Roll Layup
(9:53) Merrill REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(9:50) Mobley Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T1)
(9:50) Turner STEAL (1 STL)
(9:47) Mobley S.FOUL (P1.T1) (S.Wright)
+1 (9:47) Siakam Free Throw 1 of 2 (3 PTS)
55
+1 (9:47) Siakam Free Throw 2 of 2 (4 PTS)
65
(9:28) MISS Merrill 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(9:25) Nesmith REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(9:14) Nesmith Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T2)
(9:14) Allen STEAL (1 STL)
+3 (9:05) Mitchell 25' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (3 PTS)
68
(8:58) Allen P.FOUL (P1.T2) (S.Wright)
+3 (8:49) Siakam 26' 3PT Jump Shot (7 PTS) (Haliburton 2 AST)
98
(8:31) Mobley Lost Ball Turnover (P2.T2)
(8:31) Siakam STEAL (1 STL)
(8:27) Merrill Violation:Kicked Ball (G.Petraitis)
+2 (8:16) Turner 10' Turnaround Fadeaway (2 PTS) (Nembhard 2 AST)
118
+2 (8:03) Mitchell 4' Jump Bank Shot (5 PTS)
1110
(8:03) Nesmith S.FOUL (P1.T1) (G.Petraitis)
(8:03) MISS Mitchell Free Throw 1 of 1
(8:03) Haliburton REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (7:48) Haliburton 17' Step Back Jump Shot (2 PTS)
1310
(7:32) MISS Mobley 24' 3PT Jump Shot
(7:30) Merrill REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
+2 (7:25) Mitchell 4' Driving Layup (7 PTS) (Merrill 2 AST)
1312
+3 (7:09) Siakam 26' 3PT Jump Shot (10 PTS) (Nembhard 3 AST)
1612
(6:54) MISS Strus 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(6:51) Siakam REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(6:45) MISS Siakam 21' Jump Shot
(6:43) Allen REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (6:35) Mitchell 1' Driving Finger Roll Layup (9 PTS)
1614
+3 (6:25) Haliburton 33' 3PT Jump Shot (5 PTS) (Nembhard 4 AST)
1914
(6:24) CAVALIERS Timeout: Regular (Full 1 Short 0)
+3 (5:55) Merrill 26' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Jerome 1 AST)
1917
+2 (5:42) Nembhard 19' Pullup Jump Shot (2 PTS)
2117
(5:30) MISS Jerome 4' Driving Floating Jump Shot
(5:27) Turner REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(5:24) MISS Mathurin 24' 3PT Running Jump Shot
(5:20) Hunter REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(5:14) MISS Hunter 26' 3PT Running Jump Shot
(5:11) Turner REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
(4:56) MISS Turner 14' Turnaround Fadeaway Shot
(4:55) CAVALIERS Rebound
(4:55) Mathurin L.B.FOUL (P1.T2) (S.Wright)
(4:44) MISS Jerome 3' Driving Floating Jump Shot
(4:44) Turner BLOCK (1 BLK)
(4:44) CAVALIERS Rebound
+2 (4:39) Allen 1' Cutting Layup Shot (2 PTS) (Jerome 2 AST)
2119
+2 (4:19) Haliburton 1' Driving Layup (7 PTS) (Walker 1 AST)
2319
+2 (4:12) Hunter 6' Driving Floating Jump Shot (2 PTS) (Jerome 3 AST)
2321
(4:03) MISS Walker 16' Pullup Jump Shot
(4:00) Wade REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(3:51) Jerome Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T3)
(3:51) Haliburton STEAL (1 STL)
+3 (3:38) McConnell 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Haliburton 3 AST)
2621
+2 (3:27) Jerome 8' Driving Floating Jump Shot (2 PTS) (Allen 1 AST)
2623
(3:20) Hunter P.FOUL (P1.T3) (S.Wright)
(3:20) Pacers Timeout: Regular (Reg.1 Short 0)
(3:02) MISS Nembhard 33' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
(3:00) Mobley REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (2:52) Hunter 2' Driving Dunk (4 PTS) (Jerome 4 AST)
2625
+2 (2:44) McConnell 2' Cutting Layup Shot (5 PTS) (Toppin 1 AST)
2825
(2:32) MISS Mobley 25' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
(2:29) McConnell REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+3 (2:14) Nembhard 26' 3PT Jump Shot (5 PTS) (McConnell 1 AST)
3125
(1:57) MISS Jerome 2' Driving Layup
(1:54) Toppin REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(1:38) Toppin Traveling Turnover (P1.T3)
(1:21) Nembhard P.FOUL (P1.T3) (Z.Zarba)
(1:15) Mobley Bad Pass Turnover (P3.T4)
(1:15) Toppin STEAL (1 STL)
+2 (1:10) Toppin 1' Running Dunk (2 PTS)
3325
(0:54) MISS Mitchell 26' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
(0:54) Pacers Rebound
(0:34) Mathurin Lost Ball Turnover (P1.T4)
(0:34) Mobley STEAL (1 STL)
(0:27) MISS Mitchell 30' 3PT Running Pull-Up Jump Shot
(0:25) Siakam REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+3 (0:03) Mathurin 27' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Toppin 2 AST)
3625
(0:00) MISS Mitchell 58' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
(0:00) CAVALIERS Rebound

2nd quarter

3rd quarter

4th quarter

Team Stats

IND

CLE

121Points112

44-83(53.0%)Field Goal(%)45-98(45.9%)

19-36(52.8%)3-Point(%)9-38(23.7%)

14-15(93.3%)Free Throw(%)13-18(72.2%)

43(7)Rebounds(Offensive)43(13)

30Assists25

6Steals8

9Blocks1

16Turnovers7

20Fouls16

38Pts In The Paint70

15Fast Break Pts14

9Pts Off Turnovers22

29Bench Pts34

12Largest Lead4

Game Details

Sunday, May 4, 2025 · 5:00 PM

Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse · Cleveland, OH

attendance: 19,432 (100.0%)

tv: TNT