The Cleveland Cavaliers may be without multiple key players in Friday night's game against the Indiana Pacers.

If the Cleveland Cavaliers want to keep their chances of advancing to the next round of the NBA Cup, only a big win against the Indiana Pacers will do tonight (

Group play in the 2025-’26 NBA Cup continues Friday night with a matchup between the Cleveland Cavaliers and Indiana Pacers at Rocket Arena.

The Cleveland Cavaliers enter Friday’s NBA Cup matchup against the Indiana Pacers aiming to rebound from a 114-104 loss to the Houston Rockets. The Pacers, meanwhile, arrive with a rare bright spot, having snapped their eight-game loss with a win over the Hornets.

The Cleveland Cavaliers have upgraded Darius Garland on the injury report for Friday night's action against the Pacers.

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

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.

The league has penalized Cleveland following a bold decision the team made for an eventual victory against Milwaukee.

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"The NBA fined the Cleveland Cavaliers $100,000 for violating the league’s Player Participation Policy when the team held Donovan Mitchell and Evan Mobley out of the team’s game against the Miami Heat on Nov. 12 for rest," wrote Charania in a post on X.