Indiana Pacers vs Cleveland Cavaliers Player Stats and Box Score for May 4 | 2025 NBA Playoffs Game 1

The Cleveland Cavaliers hosted the Indiana Pacers for Game 1 of their second-round series in the 2025 NBA playoffs. The Cavaliers got to the next round by sweeping the Miami Heat in Round 1, while the Pacers knocked out the Milwaukee Bucks in a gentleman's sweep in their first-round encounter.

Against a versatile Pacers squad, the Cavaliers needed to overcome the absence of Darius Garland, who missed the last two games of the Heat series with a left toe sprain. Meanwhile, Indiana still had to contend with the tremendous firepower and the excellent defense of the top seed Cavaliers.

The Pacers ended up drawing first blood in this series as they secured the 121-112 victory over the Cavaliers. Andrew Nembhard had 23 points on 7-for-10 shooting and Tyrese Haliburton had a double-double performance of 22 points and 13 assists as Indiana seized homecourt advantage with this Game 1 victory.

Nembhard and Haliburton led the way for a Pacers offense that lit up Rocket Arena with an impressive 53.0% field goal percentage. Indiana shot 19-for-36 (52.8%) from beyond the arc, knocking the wind out of an excited Cleveland crowd that had watched their team lock up the top seed in the Eastern Conference.

Donovan Mitchell finished with 33 points, though he missed all but one of his attempts from deep. Ty Jerome chipped in 21 points and eight assists from the bench, but the Cavaliers — who shot a miserable 23.7% from three-point territory — just could not contain Indiana's high-octane production.

Indiana Pacers vs Cleveland Cavaliers Player Stats and Box Score

Pacers

Players	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Myles Turner	13	11	1	3	2	3	3	33:06	5-9	1-3	2-2	+11
Tyrese Haliburton	22	3	13	1	3	1	1	36:11	4-6	1-2	0-0	-1
Andrew Nembhard	23	0	6	0	0	0	1	37:04	7-10	5-6	4-4	+21
Aaron Nesmith	17	8	0	0	1	3	5	24:37	5-8	4-6	3-4	+9
Pascal Siakam	17	8	4	1	0	2	1	33:40	6-15	2-5	3-3	+16
Thomas Bryant	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	5:43	1-2	0-1	0-0	-2
Jarace Walker	2	0	1	0	0	1	2	8:48	1-2	0-0	0-0	-14
Ben Sheppard	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7:29	0-1	0-1	0-0	-8
Bennedict Mathurin	11	5	1	0	1	1	3	23:23	4-10	3-5	0-0	0
Obi Toppin	7	5	2	1	1	2	2	14:43	3-6	1-2	0-0	+7
TJ McConnell	7	1	2	0	0	1	2	15:16	3-5	1-1	0-0	-6

Cavaliers

Players	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Donovan Mitchell	33	5	4	1	0	0	2	33:40	13-30	1-11	6-9	-19
Max Strus	7	7	3	2	1	0	4	31:55	2-9	2-8	1-2	-6
Evan Mobley	20	10	2	2	0	4	3	35:45	9-13	2-5	0-0	-20
Jarrett Allen	12	5	1	2	0	1	1	30:06	6-7	0-0	0-0	-9
Sam Merrill	6	4	4	0	0	0	2	17:50	2-5	2-5	0-0	-10
Isaac Okoro	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	15:01	1-4	0-2	0-0	+3
De'Andre Hunter	11	4	1	0	0	1	1	30:12	4-8	1-2	2-2	+7
Ty Jerome	21	3	8	1	0	1	1	29:27	8-20	1-4	4-5	+10
Dean Wade	0	3	0	0	0	0	2	16:04	0-2	0-1	0-0	-1

Indiana Pacers vs Cleveland Cavaliers Game Summary

Pacers forward Pascal Siakam set the tone offensively for the visiting team, putting up 10 points to help Indiana build a 36-25 lead over Cleveland at the end of the first quarter. Mitchell would then help the Cavaliers get back in the game and, by halftime, the Pacers' lead was down to six at 64-58.

In the third quarter, Cleveland bigs Jarrett Allen and Evan Mobley helped with the scoring load as the Cavs eventually seized the lead from the Pacers. Myles Turner, however, made sure that Indiana had the final say as he hit a three-pointer at the buzzer.

The Pacers and the Cavaliers would take turns holding the lead till the midway point of the fourth quarter, when Nembhard and Haliburton went on a 9-2 run to give Indiana a cushion at a crucial part of the game. Though the Cavs got to within three points with 4:50 left, the Pacers held fast on both ends of the floor to pull off the nine-point victory.