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Chicago Bulls vs. Indiana Pacers

April 1, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Pacers beat the Bulls 145-126 on 2026-04-01 on the road against the Bulls. The Bulls started Guerschon Yabusele, Collin Sexton, Isaac Okoro, Tre Jones, and Matas Buzelis. The Pacers started Pascal Siakam, Jay Huff, Ethan Thompson, Quenton Jackson, and Kobe Brown. Pascal Siakam (Pacers) scored 5 points (2/3) in his matchups, with Isaac Okoro as his primary defender. Collin Sexton (Bulls) scored 17 points (6/15) in his matchups, with Ethan Thompson as his primary defender.

Box score

In orange, the game high in points, rebounds and assists.

CHI

Chicago Bulls 126

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Matas Buzelis GS	28:51	17	9	6	2	0	4	1	5-11	3-7	4-4	-18
Isaac Okoro GS	26:14	14	1	2	1	0	0	2	4-5	3-4	3-4	-10
Collin Sexton GS	26:13	18	3	4	1	1	1	2	8-14	1-5	1-1	-13
Tre Jones GS	25:14	15	2	1	0	0	3	0	7-11	1-1	0-0	-21
Guerschon Yabusele GS	25:07	20	6	1	0	0	1	0	6-12	2-7	6-8	-15
Rob Dillingham	28:59	15	2	3	0	0	2	1	6-14	2-4	1-1	-7
Leonard Miller	22:21	11	6	0	0	1	1	2	4-9	1-3	2-4	-12
Lachlan Olbrich	17:16	8	8	1	0	1	3	2	4-8	0-2	0-0	+5
Yuki Kawamura	15:32	0	3	3	2	0	1	0	0-3	0-1	0-0	+5
Patrick Williams	13:14	0	4	1	0	0	3	3	0-4	0-4	0-2	-12
Mac McClung	10:59	8	2	0	0	1	1	1	3-6	0-1	2-2	+3
Totals		126	46	22	6	4	20	14	47-97	13-39	19-26

Did not play: Anfernee Simons (DND - Injury/Illness)

IND

Indiana Pacers 145

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Ethan Thompson GS	30:45	24	2	5	2	1	0	4	8-15	5-8	3-4	+22
Kobe Brown GS	28:03	17	8	6	0	0	2	2	8-10	1-3	0-0	+18
Pascal Siakam GS	21:33	25	4	5	0	0	0	0	11-16	1-4	2-2	+22
Quenton Jackson GS	16:55	8	3	6	1	0	1	2	3-6	0-2	2-2	+24
Jay Huff GS	16:50	17	3	3	0	0	2	2	6-8	5-7	0-0	+23
Taelon Peter	27:28	10	3	0	3	0	1	5	4-11	2-7	0-0	-6
Kam Jones	25:17	9	1	7	2	0	2	2	4-8	1-4	0-0	-7
Jalen Slawson	23:57	8	8	5	2	3	2	3	3-8	2-4	0-0	+1
Ben Sheppard	21:34	13	2	5	2	1	2	1	6-11	1-5	0-0	0
Micah Potter	16:50	8	4	4	1	0	1	1	2-3	2-3	2-2	0
Obi Toppin	10:48	6	3	3	1	0	0	0	3-6	0-1	0-0	-2
Totals		145	41	49	14	5	13	22	58-102	20-48	9-10

Did not play: T.J. McConnell (DND - Injury/Illness), Andrew Nembhard (DND - Injury/Illness), Aaron Nesmith (DND - Injury/Illness), Jarace Walker (DND - Injury/Illness)

Lineups

CHI

Chicago Bulls

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Guerschon Yabusele · Collin Sexton · Isaac Okoro · Tre Jones · Matas Buzelis Starter 12.6 min
Mac McClung · Leonard Miller · Rob Dillingham · Yuki Kawamura · Lachlan Olbrich 5.6 min
Guerschon Yabusele · Collin Sexton · Rob Dillingham · Yuki Kawamura · Lachlan Olbrich 2.9 min
Leonard Miller · Matas Buzelis · Rob Dillingham · Yuki Kawamura · Lachlan Olbrich 2.8 min
Isaac Okoro · Patrick Williams · Tre Jones · Leonard Miller · Matas Buzelis 2.8 min

IND

Indiana Pacers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Pascal Siakam · Jay Huff · Ethan Thompson · Quenton Jackson · Kobe Brown Starter 8.3 min
Ethan Thompson · Kobe Brown · Jalen Slawson · Kam Jones · Taelon Peter 5.0 min
Pascal Siakam · Obi Toppin · Ben Sheppard · Kam Jones · Taelon Peter 4.7 min
Ethan Thompson · Micah Potter · Ben Sheppard · Jalen Slawson · Taelon Peter 3.8 min
Jay Huff · Ethan Thompson · Quenton Jackson · Kobe Brown · Jalen Slawson 3.4 min

Who guarded whom

Based on stats.nba.com matchup data. Points and shooting are always the offensive player's.

Bulls defense

Pascal Siakam 5 pts (2/3) in 45 possessions

Guarded by: Isaac Okoro (39 %, 3 pts) · Matas Buzelis (25 %, 0 pts) · Patrick Williams (8 %, 0 pts)
Obi Toppin 2 pts (1/1) in 25 possessions

Guarded by: Leonard Miller (41 %, 0 pts) · Patrick Williams (12 %, 0 pts) · Lachlan Olbrich (11 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Rob Dillingham	Taelon Peter: 17 poss., 4 pts (2/5) · Ethan Thompson: 13 poss., 6 pts (2/3)
Matas Buzelis	Kobe Brown: 15 poss., 10 pts (3/3) · Pascal Siakam: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Tre Jones	Kam Jones: 13 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Ethan Thompson: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Isaac Okoro	Pascal Siakam: 18 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Kobe Brown: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Collin Sexton	Ethan Thompson: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Quenton Jackson: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Guerschon Yabusele	Jay Huff: 18 poss., 12 pts (4/7) · Micah Potter: 13 poss., 4 pts (1/2)
Leonard Miller	Obi Toppin: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jalen Slawson: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Lachlan Olbrich	Micah Potter: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Jalen Slawson: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Yuki Kawamura	Kam Jones: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Ben Sheppard: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Patrick Williams	Jalen Slawson: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Taelon Peter: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Mac McClung	Taelon Peter: 6 poss., 1 pts (0/2) · Jalen Slawson: 5 poss., 4 pts (2/3)

Pacers defense

Collin Sexton 17 pts (6/15) in 58 possessions

Guarded by: Ethan Thompson (32 %, 9 pts) · Quenton Jackson (18 %, 0 pts) · Kobe Brown (11 %, 0 pts)
Matas Buzelis 16 pts (7/9) in 66 possessions

Guarded by: Kobe Brown (36 %, 5 pts) · Kam Jones (13 %, 0 pts) · Jay Huff (9 %, 5 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Taelon Peter	Tre Jones: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Rob Dillingham: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Ethan Thompson	Collin Sexton: 18 poss., 9 pts (3/6) · Rob Dillingham: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Kobe Brown	Matas Buzelis: 24 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Isaac Okoro: 8 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Kam Jones	Tre Jones: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Yuki Kawamura: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Pascal Siakam	Isaac Okoro: 29 poss., 14 pts (6/10) · Guerschon Yabusele: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jalen Slawson	Leonard Miller: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Patrick Williams: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Ben Sheppard	Rob Dillingham: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Tre Jones: 8 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Micah Potter	Guerschon Yabusele: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Leonard Miller: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Jay Huff	Guerschon Yabusele: 16 poss., 6 pts (2/2) · Matas Buzelis: 6 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Quenton Jackson	Collin Sexton: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Tre Jones: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Obi Toppin	Leonard Miller: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Lachlan Olbrich: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1)