Game Recap: Cavaliers 126, Pacers 104

Donovan Mitchell leads the way with 43 points, and Cleveland defeats Indiana 126-104 to cut the Pacers’ lead to 2-1 in the East semis.

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00:00Donovan Mitchell and the Cleveland Cavaliers finally starting to get a little bit healthy.

00:05Darius Garland also in the lineup tonight, but they're down 2-0 to Tyrese Halliburton and the Indiana Pacers.

00:13We get you started. Max Struess to Mitchell, and he knocks down the three here.

00:17Then Mitchell spinning to the basket, makes the layup and gets fouled.

00:22He'd hit the free throw. Watch this spectacular play one more time

00:27as Cleveland goes up 19-5, and Mitchell just hanging in the air on that one.

00:34Later in the first quarter, T.J. McConnell gives it to Benedict Madurian for the three.

00:39He had 23 points in the game. Smooth shot he had all day to knock that one down.

00:44Then Tyrese Halliburton drives and sinks the floating shot,

00:48but he had just four points and five assists in the game.

00:52Andrew Nembhard to Ben Shepard. Shepard knocks down the wing three.

00:57Later in the second quarter, it's Donovan Mitchell driving and kicking out to Max Struess,

01:02and Max Struess hits. This time it's a corner three.

01:06That one goes down. Then Donovan Mitchell makes the pull-up three-pointer,

01:11and Cleveland at the half led this thing by 21 points, 66-45.

01:18So we go to the third. Darius Garland passing back to Jarrett Allen,

01:24and Allen just storms to the bucket and throws that one in.

01:27He had 19 points and 12 rebounds. Max Struess turns the corner,

01:31drives the bucket, and gets the stuff himself. He had 20, then Struess.

01:35The alley-oop, and Evan Mobley's back too, so the Cavaliers really bringing it.

01:40They're up 91-70. Mobley 18 points and 13 rebounds in his return.

01:44will be topping to Pascal Siakam for the jam plus the foul.

01:50Watch it one more time as Siakam just comes racing in to stuff that one home.

01:54Later, TJ McConnell to Siakam for the three in the corner.

01:58He had 18 points in the game. Cleveland's lead down to 11, 8-22 left.

02:04Mitchell drives. A little turnaround jumper goes down.

02:08Then Mitchell drives again, hangs, and gets the scoop shot to fall.

02:14He'd make the free throw. Mitchell, 43 points, 9 rebounds, 5 assists,

02:21and Cleveland gets a W. The series now stands at two games to one.

02:25Cleveland wins this one, 126-104.