The Cavs and Pacers are considered two of the best teams in the Eastern Conference when fully healthy. They'll face one another on Friday night. Here's how you can watch.

Donovan Mitchell scored 32 points, Darius Garland had 20 in his return to Cleveland’s lineup and the Cavaliers pulled away in the second half for a 120-109 victory over the Indiana Pacers in an NBA Cup game.

The Cavaliers received 108 points combined from their starters, including Darius Garland in his return from injury, to beat the Pacers at home.

The Indiana Pacers face the Cleveland Cavaliers on Friday, Nov. 21, 2025 (11/21/25) in an NBA Cup in-season tournament group play matchup at Rocket Arena in Cleveland, Ohio.

Darius Garland and Jarrett Allen received injury updates for Friday night's Pacers-Cavs game in Cleveland.

Start time: The Indiana Pacers-Cleveland Cavaliers game is at 7 p.m. ET Friday, Nov. 21, 2025, at Rocket Arena in Cleveland. Johnny Furphy (foot), Quenton Jackson (hamstring), Aaron Nesmith (knee), Obi Toppin (hamstring), Kam Jones (back) and Tyrese Haliburton (Achilles) are out.

The story of the Indiana Pacers' 2-13 start to the season can be boiled down by a seemingly endless stream of disappointing injury reports. Friday's provides no

All-Star point guard Darius Garland and second-year swingman Jaylon Tyson will both return to the lineup Friday night. Garland and Tyson will be on minute restrictions.

Andrew Nembhard, Pascal Siakam, Bennedict Mathurin and T.J. McConnell combined to score 89 of the Pacers' 109 points in Friday's loss.

Evan Mobley is still that guy defensively. Nobody’s arguing otherwise. The reigning Defensive Player of the Year remains the anchor of everything Cleveland wants to be on that end.

In this episode of the Wine and Gold Talk podcast, Ethan Sands and Chris Fedor break down the Cavs’ 120-109 win over an injury-depleted Pacers squad — a familiar postseason foe, even if this rematch lacked its usual punch.