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New York Knicks vs. Indiana Pacers

March 17, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Knicks beat the Pacers 136-110 on 2026-03-17 at home. The Knicks started Karl-Anthony Towns, OG Anunoby, Josh Hart, Mikal Bridges, and Jose Alvarado. The Pacers started T.J. McConnell, Ivica Zubac, Aaron Nesmith, Jarace Walker, and Kobe Brown. Obi Toppin (Pacers) scored 11 points (4/8) in his matchups, with Josh Hart as his primary defender. Karl-Anthony Towns (Knicks) scored 10 points (4/9) in his matchups, with Ivica Zubac as his primary defender.

Box score

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

NYK
New York Knicks
New York Knicks 136

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Mikal Bridges GS 32:34 10 4 5 1 1 0 1 4-12 2-6 0-0 +28
Karl-Anthony Towns GS 31:53 22 11 2 3 1 1 3 9-21 2-7 2-3 +20
OG Anunoby GS 29:14 26 8 4 1 0 1 2 10-13 4-5 2-2 +25
Jose Alvarado GS 26:39 16 2 10 2 0 1 0 5-10 4-7 2-2 +21
Josh Hart GS 25:57 33 7 5 2 0 2 3 12-13 5-5 4-5 +18
Tyler Kolek 21:21 3 0 5 2 1 0 0 1-3 1-2 0-0 +5
Jordan Clarkson 20:12 10 2 1 0 0 1 1 5-9 0-1 0-0 +6
Mitchell Robinson 18:44 8 8 3 1 0 1 1 4-5 0-0 0-1 +3
Landry Shamet 15:42 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1-5 0-3 0-0 -2
Mohamed Diawara 5:45 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0-2 0-1 0-0 +4
Jeremy Sochan 4:59 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1-1 0-0 0-0 +2
Pacôme Dadiet 4:06 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 1-4 0-3 0-0 +1
Kevin McCullar Jr. 2:54 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1-2 0-1 0-0 -1
Totals 136 49 38 13 3 9 12 54-100 18-41 10-13

Did not play: Ariel Hukporti (DNP - Coach's Decision), Dillon Jones (DNP - Coach's Decision)

IND
Indiana Pacers
Indiana Pacers 110

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Jarace Walker GS 31:56 16 5 5 0 0 5 1 6-14 2-5 2-3 -24
Kobe Brown GS 30:43 13 5 0 0 2 2 2 5-8 3-6 0-0 -35
Ivica Zubac GS 26:16 11 7 1 1 2 0 1 5-10 0-0 1-1 -21
Aaron Nesmith GS 24:20 14 1 0 0 0 0 1 5-8 4-6 0-0 -14
T.J. McConnell GS 19:34 10 3 10 0 0 2 2 5-10 0-1 0-0 -12
Jalen Slawson 21:50 8 1 3 3 2 0 2 2-7 2-5 2-2 -7
Jay Huff 21:44 6 1 2 1 1 2 2 3-8 0-4 0-0 -5
Quenton Jackson 18:27 7 4 5 0 0 4 0 3-6 1-3 0-1 +1
Obi Toppin 18:06 15 3 3 0 0 1 3 6-8 3-5 0-0 +8
Ben Sheppard 17:05 7 5 1 2 0 0 0 3-3 1-1 0-0 -6
Kam Jones 9:59 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 1-3 1-2 0-0 -15
Totals 110 36 31 7 7 17 15 44-85 17-38 5-7

Did not play: Micah Potter (DND - Injury/Illness)

Lineups

NYK
New York Knicks
New York Knicks

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

IND
Indiana Pacers
Indiana Pacers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Who guarded whom

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

Knicks defense

Defender Guarded most
Mikal Bridges Aaron Nesmith: 20 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Kobe Brown: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Karl-Anthony Towns Ivica Zubac: 31 poss., 12 pts (4/9) · Jay Huff: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
OG Anunoby Kobe Brown: 21 poss., 11 pts (4/6) · Jarace Walker: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jose Alvarado T.J. McConnell: 17 poss., 10 pts (3/4) · Quenton Jackson: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Josh Hart Jarace Walker: 16 poss., 8 pts (3/3) · Obi Toppin: 16 poss., 6 pts (2/2)
Tyler Kolek Quenton Jackson: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kam Jones: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jordan Clarkson Jarace Walker: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Jalen Slawson: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Mitchell Robinson Jay Huff: 18 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Ivica Zubac: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Landry Shamet Aaron Nesmith: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Ben Sheppard: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jeremy Sochan Jay Huff: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jalen Slawson: 2 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Mohamed Diawara Kobe Brown: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jalen Slawson: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Pacôme Dadiet Jarace Walker: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Kobe Brown: 2 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Kevin McCullar Jr. Kobe Brown: 1 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Kam Jones: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Pacers defense

Defender Guarded most
Kobe Brown OG Anunoby: 20 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Mikal Bridges: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Jarace Walker Josh Hart: 19 poss., 5 pts (2/5) · Jordan Clarkson: 10 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Ivica Zubac Karl-Anthony Towns: 32 poss., 6 pts (3/4) · Mitchell Robinson: 8 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Aaron Nesmith Mikal Bridges: 23 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Landry Shamet: 8 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Jay Huff Mitchell Robinson: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Karl-Anthony Towns: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jalen Slawson Jordan Clarkson: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · OG Anunoby: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
T.J. McConnell Jose Alvarado: 20 poss., 4 pts (2/4) · Tyler Kolek: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Quenton Jackson Jose Alvarado: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Tyler Kolek: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ben Sheppard Mikal Bridges: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jordan Clarkson: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Obi Toppin Josh Hart: 12 poss., 7 pts (3/3) · OG Anunoby: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Kam Jones Tyler Kolek: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jose Alvarado: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1)