Pacers 104-126 Knights, find out the biggest responsible person

On May 10, 2025, the G3 leg of the NBA Playoff Eastern Conference Semi-Finals began, with the Indiana Pacers playing against the Cleveland Cavaliers at home.

G1 round, Garland missed the game, Mitchell scored 33 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists, Jerome scored 21 points and 8 assists, Mobley scored 20 points and 10 rebounds, Pacers Halliburton scored 22 points and 13 assists, and made a layup at the last moment to reverse the final kill of the Cavaliers.

G2 round: Mobley, Hunter, and Garland missed the game. The Pacers were 20 points behind and relied on Halliburton's three-pointer to defeat the Cavaliers. Mitchell scored 48 points, 5 rebounds and 9 assists, Struz scored 23 points and 8 rebounds, and Allen scored 22 points and 12 assists.

In this game, the Cavaliers' starting five Tigers were all in the position, with Mitchell, Mobley, Allen, Struce and Garland leading the game. Pacers Halliburton, Turner, Siakam, Nesmith and Nembhard made the start. In the first quarter, the Cavaliers launched a large-scale attack on the away game, and the Pacers did not give in. The two sides launched a counterattack. The Cavaliers scored more points, which could be said to be blooming at multiple points. Among them, the five starters almost took charge of all 32 points. Only Jerome scored 2 points on the bench, and the Pacers scored relatively scattered. Starter Turner performed well, scoring 12 points in a single quarter and 15 points on the bench, among which Mathering performed well, with 8 points. The other four starters, Halliburton, Siakam, Nembhard, Nesmith, etc., only scored 5 points. In the first quarter, the two sides tied, 32-32, no winner, and a slight difference. In the second quarter, the situation on the court suddenly changed, the Pacers continued to power outage, and many timeouts failed to achieve results. The Cavaliers continued the offensive in the first quarter. Mitchell, Struce, Allen and Mobley launched a three-dimensional offense on the court. Mitchell and Struce played three-pointers from the outside. Mobley and Allen dominated the inside, responsible for inside attacks and rebounds. The effect was very good. The Cavaliers scored 34 points in a single quarter. The Pacers were very passive on the court, only scored 13 points. At the end of the half, 45-66, the Pacers were 21 points behind. Did the Pacers become addicted to reversing the first two games? Can't you play basketball if you don't fall behind by 20 points? Will the Cavaliers still agree to be reversed by 20 points?

In the second quarter, the Pacers only scored 13 points, the substitute scored 7 points, the main player Siakam scored 4 points, and the other four starters scored a total of 3 points. In the second quarter, the Pacers really collapsed. Halliburton lost his magic, Siakam lost his championship momentum, Turner scored 12 points in the first quarter, and no points in the second quarter.

Technical statistics from both sides in the first half.

The main statistics of Cavaliers players.

The main statistics of Pacers players.

In the third quarter, the Pacers' offensive quality rebounded, Nembhard and Nesmith's condition rebounded, Siakam's inside feel gradually recovered, Cavaliers Mitchell, Allen and Struz continued to be in a hot state, and they hit back against the Pacers' counterattack. What was not good for the Pacers was that Halliburton never entered the game state, and only scored 4 points in the first three quarters, even the efficiency value was negative. At the end of the third quarter, 79-97, the Pacers were 18 points behind.

In the fourth quarter, McConnell and Siakam scored consecutively, and the Pacers launched a crazy counterattack, narrowing the gap to single digits for a while. Mitchell, Struce, and the inside double towers responded one after another. The Cavaliers stabilized their lead. In the end, the Pacers lost to the Cavaliers 104-126 at home, and the Cavaliers fell 1-2 behind in the total score of the series between the two sides.

The following content is the data performance of the main players on both sides, including turnovers, fouls and plus or negative values.

Mitchell, starting for 37 minutes, made 14 of 29 shots, including 5 of 13 three-pointers and 10 of 14 free throws, scoring 43 points, 9 rebounds, 5 assists and 1 steal, 2 turnovers, 4 fouls, plus-minus value +35. He performed very well in three consecutive games, but the first two games were useless. He turned the tide in this game and led the team to win. He is a player in the playoffs.

Mobley started for 35 minutes and made 6 of 13 shots, including 1 of 3 three-pointers and 5 of 6 free throws, scoring 18 points, 13 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 steals and 3 blocks, 0 turnovers, 2 fouls, plus-minus value +26. Integrated offense and defense.

Struz, starting for 33 minutes, made 8 of 12 shots, including 4 of 8 three-pointers, scored 20 points, 7 rebounds, 7 assists and 1 block, 0 turnovers, 5 fouls, plus-minus value +32. Most of the products produced by the Heat are high-quality products and are fully equipped.

Allen, started for 30 minutes, made 6 of 11 shots, 7 of 8 free throws, scored 19 points, 11 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 blocks, 3 turnovers, 2 fouls, plus or negative value +38. Inside Optimus Prime.

Garland started for 24 minutes and made 3 of 11 shots, including 2 of 7 three-pointers and 2 of 2 free throws, scoring 10 points, 1 rebound, 3 assists, 4 turnovers, 4 fouls, plus or negative value +10. If you perform poorly, you must control your mistakes.

Hunter, played 2 of 6 shots, made 1 of 5 three-pointers and 3 of 4 free throws, scored 8 points and 5 rebounds, 0 turnovers, 2 fouls, plus-minus value -14. The performance was not satisfactory.

Merille, played 20 minutes and made 1 of 5 shots, including 1 of 5 three-pointers and 0 of 1 free throw, scored 3 points, 1 rebound, 2 assists, 0 turnovers, 3 fouls, plus or negative value +18. Except for positive and negative values, nothing is used.

Jerome, played for 12 minutes, made 1 of 7 shots, including 0 of 3 three-pointers, scored 2 points and 1 rebound, 3 turnovers, 2 fouls, plus-minus value -15. The touch is cold and embarrassing. The last game was lost to Jerome.

Siakam, starting for 27 minutes, made 8 of 14 shots, including 1 of 4 three-pointers and 1 of 3 free throws, scoring 18 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists, 1 turnover, 2 fouls, plus-minus value-14. The performance is still quite good.

Halliburton, started for 30 minutes, made 2 of 8 shots, including 0 of 1 three-pointer, scored 4 points, 5 assists and 1 steal, 3 turnovers, 2 fouls, plus-minus value-20. The condition was sluggish and the whole audience was sleepwalking.

Nesmith, starting for 27 minutes, made 3 of 7 shots, including 1 of 4 three-pointers, scored 7 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assist and 2 blocks, 0 turnovers, 4 fouls, plus-minus value-29. Lack of aggressiveness.

Turner, starting for 25 minutes, made 4 of 7 shots, including 1 of 2 three-pointers and 6 of 8 free throws, scoring 15 points, 3 rebounds, 1 steal and 3 blocks, 1 turnover, 5 fouls, plus-minus value-26. The performance in the first quarter was very high, but the overall performance was not good.

Nembhard, starting for 25 minutes, made 4 of 9 shots, including 2 of 4 three-pointers, scored 10 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 steal and 1 block, 3 turnovers, 4 fouls, plus-minus value-32. Unable to control mistakes and fouls, defense is also an embarrassing task, with the lowest plus or negative value in the whole game.

Matherin, played 26 minutes and made 6 of 11 shots, including 3 of 8 three-pointers and 8 of 9 free throws, scored 23 points, 1 rebound and 1 steal, 2 turnovers, 4 fouls, plus-minus value -7. I did my best in this game.

McConnell, played 21 minutes, made 4 of 9 shots, 4 of 4 free throws, scored 12 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists, 1 turnover, 0 fouls, plus-minus value +8. The performance is OK.

Toplop, started for 19 minutes, made 1 of 7 shots, including 0 of 4 three-pointers and 3 of 4 free throws, scored 5 points, 2 rebounds and 5 assists, 0 turnovers, 3 fouls, plus-minus-3. Too trash!

Thomas Bryant, played for 14 minutes, made 1 of 2 shots, scored 2 points, 3 rebounds, 1 steal and 1 block, 0 turnovers, 2 fouls, plus or negative value +1.

In this game, the Pacers suffered a crushing defeat at home, Halliburton was responsible for the main responsibility. The whole game was in no state and was like a sleepwalking. Not only was the positive and negative value -20, but the efficiency value -5, the only player in the Pacers team whose efficiency value was negative, which shows how poor the performance was. The final result of the first two games was the final result, and the game was completely shut down!