Cleveland Cavaliers – Indiana Pacers · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 18 December 2018

CLE92–91IND

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It was more exciting than 71% of NBA games since 2017

It measures how much the win probability moved during the game —without looking at who won or at the score— and compares it with the 10,950 NBA games with a curve since 2017. “Highly recommended” is the most intense 20%, “recommended” runs from 50% to 80%, and “skippable” is the rest. Source: ESPN.

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Home team's win probability across the game (source: ESPN). The band rises when IND leads and falls when CLE does.

This is how the game was decided.

Rodney Hood decided it, the Cleveland Cavaliers player with the most points (17, with 6 rebounds and 2 assists; -12 with him on the floor); the winner's best plus-minus was Matthew Dellavedova's (+18). The criterion: the winner's points in the box score; plus-minus says who was on the floor when the game opened up.

The game-winner in Indiana Pacers 91-92 Cleveland Cavaliers (December 18, 2018) was hit by Larry Nance Jr.: a putback with 0.0 s left in the fourth quarter, putting the Cleveland Cavaliers up 92-91. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of Indiana Pacers 91-92 Cleveland Cavaliers (December 18, 2018) was a 12-0 run by the Cleveland Cavaliers between the first quarter and the second quarter, from 11-19 to 23-19. The Indiana Pacers' best was a 10-0 run in the first quarter (from 8:10 to 4:20), from 4-8 to 14-8.

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Play: Larry Nance Jr. makes tip shot.

I count as the game-winner the basket that puts the winning team ahead for good. Source: the official NBA play-by-play (since 2002-03) and each team's official box scores.

A run here is consecutive points by one team without the opponent scoring. Source: the official NBA play-by-play (since 2002-03) and each team's official box scores.

Source: the game's official box score and play-by-play.

Larry Nance Jr. decided this game: his points put his team ahead at the buzzer of the fourth quarter, and the opponent never led again.

It is the only game he has decided this way in the NBA since the 2002-03 season.

His profile shows the games Nance decided

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A game is decided by the last basket that puts a team ahead in the final ten seconds of the fourth quarter or of an overtime, if that team wins.

18 December 2018 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:401071132:630; the date is the one on the NBA box score.

Who stood out on defense during the season

These figures cover the whole 2018-19 regular season, not this game.

Cleveland Cavaliers

Larry Nance Jr. deflected 2.8 passes per game over his 67 games.
He ranks 17 of 380 in the league.
Cedi Osman drew 0.09 charges per game over his 75 games.
He ranks 58 of 380 in the league.
Collin Sexton recovered 1.1 loose balls per game over his 82 games.
He ranks 76 of 380 in the league.

Indiana Pacers

Victor Oladipo recovered 1.8 loose balls per game over his 36 games.
He ranks 3 of 380 in the league.
Thaddeus Young deflected 3.3 passes per game over his 81 games.
He ranks 5 of 380 in the league.
Myles Turner contested 12.1 shots per game over his 74 games.
He ranks 15 of 380 in the league.

Hustle figures come from the hustle stats the NBA publishes (NBA.com) and rim defense comes from its tracking; both cover the regular season. For each player in this game we show the figure that ranks him highest in the league, and for each team, the three best ranked. Ranks count players with at least 30 games and, at the rim, at least 4 defended shots per game.

The Indiana Pacers have won 120 of their 239 games against the Cleveland Cavaliers.

120-119record of the Indiana Pacers · NBA 1976-77 – 2025-26, regular season and playoffs

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Official NBA box scores, regular season and playoffs, 1976-77 – 2025-26. It counts every game between the two teams that the house holds, this one included.

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Game context

Attendance

15.630

87.2% of capacity

Gainbridge Fieldhouse · Indianapolis

Scoring

183

combined points

39.4 below the season average (222.4)