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Los Angeles Lakers vs. Indiana Pacers

March 6, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Lakers beat the Pacers 128-117 on 2026-03-06 at home. The Lakers started Marcus Smart, Luka Dončić, Rui Hachimura, Jaxson Hayes, and Austin Reaves. The Pacers started Pascal Siakam, Andrew Nembhard, Aaron Nesmith, Jay Huff, and Jarace Walker. Pascal Siakam (Pacers) scored 16 points (6/10) in his matchups, with Jarred Vanderbilt as his primary defender. Luka Dončić (Lakers) scored 10 points (5/13) in his matchups, with Aaron Nesmith as his primary defender.

Box score

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

LAL

Los Angeles Lakers 128

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Luka Dončić GS	31:41	44	9	5	3	2	3	1	14-25	7-14	9-10	+20
Marcus Smart GS	28:46	11	3	3	0	0	2	3	4-6	3-4	0-0	+8
Austin Reaves GS	28:35	19	2	5	0	0	3	6	6-14	1-4	6-7	-12
Jaxson Hayes GS	25:21	9	4	2	1	0	0	2	3-6	0-0	3-3	+2
Rui Hachimura GS	23:11	13	3	1	0	0	0	0	5-8	2-3	1-1	+6
Luke Kennard	26:43	15	7	3	0	0	0	0	6-9	3-5	0-0	+26
Drew Timme	22:39	4	2	1	0	0	1	1	2-2	0-0	0-0	+9
Jarred Vanderbilt	21:07	2	8	3	1	0	1	2	1-4	0-1	0-0	+12
Jake LaRavia	15:53	8	2	0	0	0	1	3	3-7	0-2	2-2	+13
Bronny James	4:58	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-8
Dalton Knecht	3:42	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	1-1	1-1	0-0	-7
Kobe Bufkin	3:42	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0-2	0-2	0-0	-7
Chris Mañon	3:42	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0-1	0-1	0-0	-7
Totals		128	43	25	5	2	12	22	45-85	17-37	21-23

Did not play: Adou Thiero (DNP - Coach's Decision)

IND

Indiana Pacers 117

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jay Huff GS	33:13	16	6	2	1	2	0	1	6-13	2-6	2-2	+2
Andrew Nembhard GS	31:08	17	2	8	1	0	1	3	7-14	1-6	2-2	-14
Pascal Siakam GS	29:26	26	5	3	2	0	2	1	10-20	0-3	6-9	-8
Jarace Walker GS	26:51	10	9	5	1	0	2	2	4-9	1-3	1-2	+9
Aaron Nesmith GS	22:49	7	3	1	0	2	1	3	3-10	1-6	0-0	-4
Ben Sheppard	25:58	5	2	4	3	0	1	3	2-6	1-5	0-1	-8
T.J. McConnell	17:47	10	1	4	2	0	0	1	5-10	0-0	0-0	-9
Quenton Jackson	17:45	8	1	2	0	0	0	2	3-6	0-2	2-2	-12
Micah Potter	14:09	8	6	3	0	0	0	0	2-3	1-2	3-4	+5
Obi Toppin	10:59	2	4	1	0	0	0	2	1-4	0-1	0-0	-12
Kobe Brown	9:57	8	1	0	0	0	0	1	3-3	1-1	1-2	-4
Totals		117	40	33	10	4	7	19	46-98	8-35	17-24

Did not play: Kam Jones (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

LAL

Los Angeles Lakers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Marcus Smart · Luka Dončić · Rui Hachimura · Jaxson Hayes · Austin Reaves Starter 11.2 min
Luke Kennard · Jarred Vanderbilt · Luka Dončić · Drew Timme · Jake LaRavia 6.3 min
Luke Kennard · Jarred Vanderbilt · Austin Reaves · Drew Timme · Jake LaRavia 4.3 min
Marcus Smart · Luke Kennard · Luka Dončić · Rui Hachimura · Jaxson Hayes 4.3 min
Marcus Smart · Luke Kennard · Jarred Vanderbilt · Jaxson Hayes · Austin Reaves 4.2 min

IND

Indiana Pacers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Pascal Siakam · Andrew Nembhard · Aaron Nesmith · Jay Huff · Jarace Walker Starter 13.2 min
Jay Huff · Micah Potter · Jarace Walker · Kobe Brown · Ben Sheppard 5.6 min
T.J. McConnell · Andrew Nembhard · Aaron Nesmith · Jay Huff · Quenton Jackson 3.6 min
T.J. McConnell · Pascal Siakam · Micah Potter · Quenton Jackson · Ben Sheppard 3.0 min
T.J. McConnell · Pascal Siakam · Obi Toppin · Kobe Brown · Ben Sheppard 3.0 min

Who guarded whom

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

Lakers defense

Pascal Siakam 16 pts (6/10) in 64 possessions

Guarded by: Jarred Vanderbilt (25 %, 0 pts) · Rui Hachimura (22 %, 3 pts) · Jaxson Hayes (14 %, 0 pts)
Obi Toppin 3 pts (1/2) in 20 possessions

Guarded by: Jarred Vanderbilt (35 %, 0 pts) · Rui Hachimura (24 %, 3 pts) · Drew Timme (21 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Luka Dončić	Andrew Nembhard: 21 poss., 4 pts (1/6) · Aaron Nesmith: 14 poss., 10 pts (3/3)
Austin Reaves	Andrew Nembhard: 18 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Quenton Jackson: 11 poss., 9 pts (3/4)
Jaxson Hayes	Jay Huff: 32 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Pascal Siakam: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Marcus Smart	Jarace Walker: 19 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Andrew Nembhard: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Luke Kennard	T.J. McConnell: 17 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Ben Sheppard: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jarred Vanderbilt	Pascal Siakam: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Obi Toppin: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Rui Hachimura	Pascal Siakam: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Jay Huff: 7 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Drew Timme	Micah Potter: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Jay Huff: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jake LaRavia	Ben Sheppard: 20 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Quenton Jackson: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Bronny James	Ben Sheppard: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kobe Brown: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Dalton Knecht	Jay Huff: 2 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Micah Potter: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kobe Bufkin	Kobe Brown: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Ben Sheppard: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Chris Mañon	Kobe Brown: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Micah Potter: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Pacers defense

Luka Dončić 10 pts (5/13) in 63 possessions

Guarded by: Aaron Nesmith (22 %, 2 pts) · Pascal Siakam (16 %, 0 pts) · Jarace Walker (16 %, 0 pts)
Austin Reaves 19 pts (6/11) in 57 possessions

Guarded by: Andrew Nembhard (22 %, 4 pts) · Quenton Jackson (17 %, 2 pts) · Aaron Nesmith (15 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Jay Huff	Jaxson Hayes: 28 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Austin Reaves: 7 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Pascal Siakam	Rui Hachimura: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/5) · Luka Dončić: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Andrew Nembhard	Marcus Smart: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Austin Reaves: 13 poss., 4 pts (1/3)
Ben Sheppard	Jake LaRavia: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Luke Kennard: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jarace Walker	Luka Dončić: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Marcus Smart: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Aaron Nesmith	Luka Dončić: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Austin Reaves: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
T.J. McConnell	Jarred Vanderbilt: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Luke Kennard: 8 poss., 6 pts (3/4)
Quenton Jackson	Austin Reaves: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Luke Kennard: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Micah Potter	Drew Timme: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jake LaRavia: 3 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Obi Toppin	Jarred Vanderbilt: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Drew Timme: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Kobe Brown	Kobe Bufkin: 3 poss., 1 pts (0/0) · Luka Dončić: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)