Overview
- Tipoff is 7:00 p.m. ET at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis with regional TV on FanDuel Sports Network and streaming on NBA League Pass and Fubo.
- Mitchell is confirmed out for rest, while Jarrett Allen (illness) and Dean Wade (left knee contusion) are questionable; Max Strus and Larry Nance Jr. remain out.
- Indiana stays shorthanded without Tyrese Haliburton (Achilles), Bennedict Mathurin (thumb), Isaiah Jackson (concussion) and Obi Toppin (foot).
- The Pacers enter at 6-30 on a 12-game skid, and Cleveland has won both prior meetings this season.
- Books list the Cavs around -5.5 and 236.5 on the total, and multiple models and analysts lean to the Under given Cleveland’s diminished offense without Mitchell.