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Miami Heat vs. Indiana Pacers

December 27, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Heat beat the Pacers 142-116 on 2025-12-27 at home. The Heat started Andrew Wiggins, Norman Powell, Davion Mitchell, Pelle Larsson, and Kel'el Ware. The Pacers started Pascal Siakam, Andrew Nembhard, Jay Huff, Bennedict Mathurin, and Johnny Furphy. Pascal Siakam (Pacers) scored 14 points (6/15) in his matchups, with Andrew Wiggins as his primary defender. Norman Powell (Heat) scored 9 points (4/9) in his matchups, with Johnny Furphy as his primary defender.

Box score

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

MIA

Miami Heat 142

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Andrew Wiggins GS	30:33	28	6	3	3	1	2	3	12-16	4-4	0-0	+13
Kel'el Ware GS	28:30	15	7	0	3	1	0	1	7-11	1-3	0-0	+4
Norman Powell GS	28:23	23	5	2	2	1	1	1	7-19	1-3	8-8	+6
Pelle Larsson GS	27:27	16	4	7	0	1	0	2	5-7	1-1	5-6	+18
Davion Mitchell GS	19:13	0	2	5	2	0	0	4	0-6	0-3	0-0	+8
Jaime Jaquez Jr.	28:38	28	6	3	1	0	2	1	11-15	1-1	5-5	+3
Nikola Jović	24:35	19	7	7	2	0	2	0	7-14	3-8	2-2	+35
Dru Smith	23:23	5	5	3	1	1	2	0	2-6	1-2	0-0	+18
Kasparas Jakučionis	22:04	4	3	2	3	0	1	3	2-8	0-3	0-0	+11
Simone Fontecchio	3:28	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	1-3	0-2	0-0	+5
Keshad Johnson	2:05	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	+7
Myron Gardner	1:41	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	+2
Totals		142	49	33	17	5	10	15	55-107	12-31	20-21

Did not play: Bam Adebayo (DND - Injury/Illness), Tyler Herro (DND - Injury/Illness)

IND

Indiana Pacers 116

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Bennedict Mathurin GS	34:50	25	6	0	2	0	5	2	9-16	3-7	4-5	-17
Andrew Nembhard GS	34:17	15	3	16	0	0	3	2	7-17	1-6	0-0	-10
Pascal Siakam GS	33:42	33	7	5	2	0	5	2	14-21	4-6	1-1	-14
Jay Huff GS	21:56	11	1	2	1	3	1	2	5-8	1-3	0-0	+5
Johnny Furphy GS	20:47	9	7	1	1	0	1	2	4-6	0-1	1-1	-13
Jarace Walker	20:37	3	3	1	0	0	3	1	0-1	0-1	3-4	+5
Aaron Nesmith	19:12	9	5	1	0	2	1	3	3-9	3-8	0-0	-26
Quenton Jackson	13:43	4	0	3	0	0	3	2	1-3	0-0	2-2	-16
Ethan Thompson	11:49	0	3	0	0	0	3	3	0-2	0-1	0-1	-10
Tony Bradley	11:20	3	4	0	0	0	1	3	1-1	0-0	1-2	-9
Micah Potter	10:51	2	4	1	0	0	0	0	1-4	0-2	0-0	-15
Kam Jones	3:28	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1-4	0-2	0-0	-5
Taelon Peter	3:28	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-5
Totals		116	45	30	6	5	26	22	46-93	12-38	12-16

Lineups

MIA

Miami Heat

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Andrew Wiggins · Norman Powell · Davion Mitchell · Pelle Larsson · Kel'el Ware Starter 10.0 min
Andrew Wiggins · Dru Smith · Nikola Jović · Jaime Jaquez Jr. · Kasparas Jakučionis 8.4 min
Andrew Wiggins · Dru Smith · Nikola Jović · Jaime Jaquez Jr. · Pelle Larsson 6.2 min
Norman Powell · Davion Mitchell · Jaime Jaquez Jr. · Kel'el Ware · Kasparas Jakučionis 3.4 min
Norman Powell · Dru Smith · Jaime Jaquez Jr. · Pelle Larsson · Kel'el Ware 2.8 min

IND

Indiana Pacers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Pascal Siakam · Andrew Nembhard · Jay Huff · Bennedict Mathurin · Johnny Furphy Starter 11.5 min
Pascal Siakam · Andrew Nembhard · Jay Huff · Bennedict Mathurin · Jarace Walker 3.9 min
Jay Huff · Ethan Thompson · Bennedict Mathurin · Quenton Jackson · Johnny Furphy 3.8 min
Ethan Thompson · Micah Potter · Quenton Jackson · Kam Jones · Taelon Peter 3.5 min
Tony Bradley · Andrew Nembhard · Aaron Nesmith · Bennedict Mathurin · Jarace Walker 3.3 min

Who guarded whom

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

Heat defense

Pascal Siakam 14 pts (6/15) in 76 possessions

Guarded by: Andrew Wiggins (32 %, 5 pts) · Jaime Jaquez Jr. (24 %, 2 pts) · Pelle Larsson (13 %, 3 pts)
Bennedict Mathurin 14 pts (6/10) in 78 possessions

Guarded by: Pelle Larsson (33 %, 7 pts) · Davion Mitchell (21 %, 0 pts) · Jaime Jaquez Jr. (13 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Andrew Wiggins	Pascal Siakam: 25 poss., 5 pts (2/4) · Johnny Furphy: 10 poss., 9 pts (4/4)
Norman Powell	Andrew Nembhard: 32 poss., 5 pts (1/4) · Aaron Nesmith: 10 poss., 3 pts (0/2)
Jaime Jaquez Jr.	Pascal Siakam: 18 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Aaron Nesmith: 13 poss., 9 pts (4/4)
Pelle Larsson	Bennedict Mathurin: 26 poss., 7 pts (3/3) · Pascal Siakam: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Kel'el Ware	Jay Huff: 26 poss., 7 pts (3/7) · Micah Potter: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Dru Smith	Andrew Nembhard: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jarace Walker: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Nikola Jović	Tony Bradley: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/4) · Micah Potter: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Kasparas Jakučionis	Jarace Walker: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Quenton Jackson: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Davion Mitchell	Bennedict Mathurin: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Johnny Furphy: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Simone Fontecchio	Ethan Thompson: 3 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Quenton Jackson: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Keshad Johnson	Taelon Peter: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kam Jones: 1 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Myron Gardner	Taelon Peter: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Quenton Jackson: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/1)

Pacers defense

Norman Powell 9 pts (4/9) in 64 possessions

Guarded by: Johnny Furphy (20 %, 2 pts) · Bennedict Mathurin (17 %, 0 pts) · Andrew Nembhard (17 %, 2 pts)
Jaime Jaquez Jr. 20 pts (8/9) in 63 possessions

Guarded by: Pascal Siakam (26 %, 11 pts) · Jarace Walker (19 %, 0 pts) · Aaron Nesmith (12 %, 3 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Bennedict Mathurin	Pelle Larsson: 27 poss., 2 pts (0/1) · Andrew Wiggins: 11 poss., 6 pts (2/2)
Pascal Siakam	Andrew Wiggins: 25 poss., 11 pts (5/7) · Jaime Jaquez Jr.: 16 poss., 11 pts (4/4)
Andrew Nembhard	Dru Smith: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Davion Mitchell: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Jay Huff	Kel'el Ware: 24 poss., 3 pts (1/4) · Nikola Jović: 9 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Aaron Nesmith	Kasparas Jakučionis: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Norman Powell: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Jarace Walker	Jaime Jaquez Jr.: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Norman Powell: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Johnny Furphy	Norman Powell: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Pelle Larsson: 10 poss., 1 pts (0/2)
Tony Bradley	Nikola Jović: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Kel'el Ware: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Quenton Jackson	Dru Smith: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kasparas Jakučionis: 6 poss., 4 pts (1/1)
Ethan Thompson	Kasparas Jakučionis: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Pelle Larsson: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Micah Potter	Kel'el Ware: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Nikola Jović: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Taelon Peter	Keshad Johnson: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jaime Jaquez Jr.: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kam Jones	Kasparas Jakučionis: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jaime Jaquez Jr.: 1 poss., 2 pts (1/1)