{"id":698898,"date":"2026-04-05T02:19:43","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T02:19:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/698898\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T02:19:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T02:19:43","slug":"cavs-vs-pacers-how-to-watch-odds-and-injury-report-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/698898\/","title":{"rendered":"Cavs vs. Pacers: How to watch, odds, and injury report"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Cleveland Cavaliers<\/a> will look to sweep the season series against the Indiana Pacers on Sunday evening.<\/p>\n

The Pacers have one of the worst records in the league, and given the convoluted protections on their first-round pick in the upcoming draft, they could benefit from being at the bottom of the standings.<\/p>\n

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Even though Indiana has an incentive to lose games, they\u2019re still capable of winning. In the last week and a half, they\u2019ve beaten the Orlando Magic and Miami Heat, while coming close to taking down the Los Angeles Lakers<\/a> and Los Angeles Clippers.<\/p>\n

Considering how the Cavs haven\u2019t exactly handled their business against other teams they\u2019re more talented than in recent weeks, this one could be closer than we anticipate at the onset.<\/p>\n

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Who:\u00a0Cleveland Cavaliers<\/a> (48-29) vs. Indiana Pacers (18-59)<\/p>\n

Where: Rocket Arena \u2013 Cleveland, OH<\/p>\n

When: Sun. April 5 at 6 PM<\/p>\n

TV: FanDuel Sports Network Ohio, FanDuel Sports App, NBA League Pass<\/p>\n

Point spread: Cavs -17.5<\/p>\n

Cavs injury report: Evan Mobley \u2013 OUT (left calf injury management), Jarret Allen \u2013 OUT (knee injury management), Sam Merrill \u2013 OUT \u2013 (hamstring injury management), Jaylon Tyson \u2013 OUT (toe), Dean Wade \u2013 OUT (ankle)<\/p>\n

Pacers injury report: Tyrese Haliburton \u2013 OUT (Achilles), Pascal Siakam \u2013 OUT (ankle), Johnny Furphy \u2013 OUT (ACL), T.J. McConnell \u2013 OUT (hamstring), Andrew Nembhard \u2013 OUT (back), Aaron Nesmith \u2013 OUT (neck), Ben Sheppard \u2013 QUESTIONABLE (hip), Obi Toppin \u2013 PROBABLE (foot), Jarace Walker \u2013 QUESTIONABLE (tailbone), Ivica Zubac \u2013 OUT (rib)<\/p>\n

Cavs expected starting lineup: James Harden, Donovan Mitchell, Keon Ellis, Max Strus, Thomas Bryant<\/p>\n

Pacers expected starting lineup: Ben Sheppard, Quenton Jackson, Kobe Brown, Obi Toppin, Jay Huff<\/p>\n

Previous matchup: Darius Garland scores 14 in the fourth quarter<\/a> after technical difficulties prevented fans from watching close of game<\/a><\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a look at both teams\u2019 impact stats via Cleaning the Glass<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Offensive Rating<\/p>\n

Defensive Rating<\/p>\n

Net Rating<\/p>\n

Cavs<\/p>\n

118.8 (7th)<\/p>\n

114.8 (14th)<\/p>\n

+4.1 (9th)<\/p>\n

Pacers<\/p>\n

111.1 (27th)<\/p>\n

119.7 (26th)<\/p>\n

-8.6 (26th)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Cleveland Cavaliers will look to sweep the season series against the Indiana Pacers on Sunday evening. The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":698899,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3772],"tags":[280,1784,7,642,306,305,193,3846,791,5759,864,576,113,126,532,560,643,4960,2286,1252,3211,4042,135,150,872,189,6,3308,76,8280,279,10986,1166,3886,362,278],"class_list":{"0":"post-698898","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cleveland-cavaliers","8":"tag-aaron-nesmith","9":"tag-andrew-nembhard","10":"tag-basketball","11":"tag-ben-sheppard","12":"tag-cavaliers","13":"tag-cleveland","14":"tag-cleveland-cavaliers","15":"tag-clevelandcavaliers","16":"tag-darius-garland","17":"tag-dean-wade","18":"tag-donovan-mitchell","19":"tag-evan-mobley","20":"tag-indiana","21":"tag-indiana-pacers","22":"tag-ivica-zubac","23":"tag-james-harden","24":"tag-jarace-walker","25":"tag-jay-huff","26":"tag-jaylon-tyson","27":"tag-johnny-furphy","28":"tag-keon-ellis","29":"tag-kobe-brown","30":"tag-los-angeles-clippers","31":"tag-los-angeles-lakers","32":"tag-max-strus","33":"tag-miami-heat","34":"tag-nba","35":"tag-obi-toppin","36":"tag-orlando-magic","37":"tag-pacers-injury-report","38":"tag-pascal-siakam","39":"tag-quenton-jackson","40":"tag-sam-merrill","41":"tag-t-j-mcconnell","42":"tag-thomas-bryant","43":"tag-tyrese-haliburton"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/698898","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=698898"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/698898\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/698899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=698898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=698898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=698898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}