Cavaliers vs Pacers: head-to-head
58 meetings since 2015-16
Cleveland Cavaliers32wins
Indiana Pacers26Rivalry analysis
Since the 2015-16 season, the Cavaliers and the Pacers have met 58 times, regular season and playoffs combined. The Cavaliers lead the series 32-26, close to an even split.
Over the last 6 meetings, the Cavaliers won 4 and the Pacers won 2. The most recent game, on April 5, 2026, ended Cavaliers 117-108.
The home team won 31 of the 58 games (53%). These matchups averaged 220.1 total points, with a typical winning margin of 8.8 points; 23 of them were decided by five points or fewer.
Season-series sweeps: Cavaliers in 2025-26, Cavaliers in 2021-22, Pacers in 2020-21. They have also met 16 times in the playoffs (2024-25, 2017-18, 2016-17), with the Cavaliers winning 9 and the Pacers 7. Their next meeting is scheduled for November 20, 2026 in Cleveland.
Next meetings
| Nov 20, 2026 | Pacers @ Cavaliers | 7:30 PM EST | CLE 84% |
| Dec 1, 2026 | Pacers @ Cavaliers | 7:00 PM EST | |
| Feb 10, 2027 | Cavaliers @ Pacers | 7:00 PM EST | |
| Apr 9, 2027 | Cavaliers @ Pacers | 7:00 PM EDT |
Probability from today's Elo ratings (home court included); the frozen pre-game figure appears on the game page 7 days before tip-off.
Biggest wins
| Cavaliers | CLE 126 – 104 IND · 2025-05-09 |
| Pacers | CLE 87 – 121 IND · 2018-04-27 |
2025-26 CLE 4 – 0 IND
| 2026-04-05 | IND 108 – 117 CLE | Final |
| 2026-01-06 | CLE 120 – 116 IND | Final |
| 2025-12-01 | CLE 135 – 119 IND | Final |
| 2025-11-21 | IND 109 – 120 CLE | Final |
2024-25 CLE 2 – 7 IND
| 2025-05-13 · playoffs | IND 114 – 105 CLE | Final |
| 2025-05-11 · playoffs | CLE 109 – 129 IND | Final |
| 2025-05-09 · playoffs | CLE 126 – 104 IND | Final |
| 2025-05-06 · playoffs | IND 120 – 119 CLE | Final |
| 2025-05-04 · playoffs | IND 121 – 112 CLE | Final |
| 2025-04-13 | IND 126 – 118 CLE | Final/2OT |
| 2025-04-10 | CLE 112 – 114 IND | Final |
| 2025-01-14 | CLE 127 – 117 IND | Final |
| 2025-01-12 | IND 108 – 93 CLE | Final |
2023-24 CLE 2 – 2 IND
| 2024-04-12 | IND 120 – 129 CLE | Final |
| 2024-03-18 | CLE 108 – 103 IND | Final |
| 2023-11-03 | CLE 116 – 121 IND | Final |
| 2023-10-28 | IND 125 – 113 CLE | Final |
2022-23 CLE 3 – 1 IND
| 2023-04-02 | IND 105 – 115 CLE | Final |
| 2023-02-05 | CLE 122 – 103 IND | Final |
| 2022-12-29 | CLE 126 – 135 IND | Final |
| 2022-12-16 | IND 112 – 118 CLE | Final |
2021-22 CLE 4 – 0 IND
| 2022-03-08 | CLE 127 – 124 IND | Final |
| 2022-02-11 | CLE 120 – 113 IND | Final |
| 2022-02-06 | IND 85 – 98 CLE | Final |
| 2022-01-02 | IND 104 – 108 CLE | Final |
2020-21 CLE 0 – 3 IND
| 2021-05-10 | IND 111 – 102 CLE | Final |
| 2021-03-03 | IND 114 – 111 CLE | Final |
| 2020-12-31 | CLE 99 – 119 IND | Final |
2019-20 CLE 1 – 2 IND
| 2020-02-29 | IND 113 – 104 CLE | Final |
| 2019-11-01 | CLE 95 – 102 IND | Final |
| 2019-10-26 | IND 99 – 110 CLE | Final |
2018-19 CLE 1 – 3 IND
| 2019-02-09 | CLE 90 – 105 IND | Final |
| 2019-01-08 | IND 123 – 115 CLE | Final |
| 2018-12-18 | CLE 92 – 91 IND | Final |
| 2018-10-27 | IND 119 – 107 CLE | Final |
2017-18 CLE 5 – 6 IND
| 2018-04-29 · playoffs | IND 101 – 105 CLE | Final |
| 2018-04-27 · playoffs | CLE 87 – 121 IND | Final |
| 2018-04-25 · playoffs | IND 95 – 98 CLE | Final |
| 2018-04-22 · playoffs | CLE 104 – 100 IND | Final |
| 2018-04-20 · playoffs | CLE 90 – 92 IND | Final |
| 2018-04-18 · playoffs | IND 97 – 100 CLE | Final |
| 2018-04-15 · playoffs | IND 98 – 80 CLE | Final |
| 2018-01-26 | IND 108 – 115 CLE | Final |
| 2018-01-12 | CLE 95 – 97 IND | Final |
| 2017-12-08 | CLE 102 – 106 IND | Final |
| 2017-11-01 | IND 124 – 107 CLE | Final |
2016-17 CLE 7 – 1 IND
| 2017-04-23 · playoffs | CLE 106 – 102 IND | Final |
| 2017-04-20 · playoffs | CLE 119 – 114 IND | Final |
| 2017-04-17 · playoffs | IND 111 – 117 CLE | Final |
| 2017-04-15 · playoffs | IND 108 – 109 CLE | Final |
| 2017-04-02 | IND 130 – 135 CLE | Final |
| 2017-02-15 | IND 104 – 113 CLE | Final |
| 2017-02-08 | CLE 132 – 117 IND | Final |
| 2016-11-16 | CLE 93 – 103 IND | Final |
2015-16 CLE 3 – 1 IND
| 2016-04-06 | CLE 109 – 123 IND | Final |
| 2016-02-29 | IND 96 – 100 CLE | Final |
| 2016-02-01 | CLE 111 – 106 IND | Final |
| 2015-11-08 | IND 97 – 101 CLE | Final |
Results from BALLDONTLIE. Our database starts with the 2015-16 season, so this is not an all-time franchise record.