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Orlando Magic vs. Indiana Pacers

January 4, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Magic beat the Pacers 135-127 on 2026-01-04 at home. The Magic started Wendell Carter Jr., Desmond Bane, Paolo Banchero, Anthony Black, and Tristan da Silva. The Pacers started Pascal Siakam, Andrew Nembhard, Aaron Nesmith, Micah Potter, and Johnny Furphy. Pascal Siakam (Pacers) scored 15 points (5/9) in his matchups, with Paolo Banchero as his primary defender. Paolo Banchero (Magic) scored 21 points (9/13) in his matchups, with Pascal Siakam as his primary defender.

Box score

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

ORL

Orlando Magic 135

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Desmond Bane GS	36:33	31	6	6	2	1	2	4	12-17	3-6	4-4	+10
Paolo Banchero GS	36:09	28	12	5	1	0	1	1	9-18	3-5	7-9	0
Anthony Black GS	35:33	27	3	10	1	4	1	4	8-16	3-7	8-10	-3
Wendell Carter Jr. GS	31:31	18	12	4	2	0	1	2	6-10	1-3	5-8	+12
Tristan da Silva GS	28:22	10	0	0	1	0	1	2	4-8	2-4	0-0	-8
Jase Richardson	26:53	12	1	4	0	0	0	3	5-9	2-5	0-1	+14
Goga Bitadze	16:29	2	2	0	0	0	1	3	1-2	0-0	0-0	-4
Tyus Jones	13:55	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	1-2	1-2	0-0	+11
Jonathan Isaac	11:51	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	2-2	+8
Jett Howard	2:35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0
Jamal Cain	0:09	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0
Totals		135	36	34	7	6	7	19	47-84	15-32	26-34

Did not play: Noah Penda (DNP - Coach's Decision)

IND

Indiana Pacers 127

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Pascal Siakam GS	36:27	34	7	5	0	0	1	3	14-21	2-4	4-4	-12
Andrew Nembhard GS	35:29	20	1	11	0	0	1	3	7-16	2-7	4-6	-8
Aaron Nesmith GS	34:08	25	4	8	0	2	4	4	8-16	5-11	4-4	-8
Micah Potter GS	29:11	11	10	2	1	0	1	3	3-5	1-3	4-4	-7
Johnny Furphy GS	12:50	2	5	1	1	0	1	0	1-4	0-2	0-2	0
Ben Sheppard	24:21	8	3	2	1	0	0	4	3-6	2-3	0-0	+2
T.J. McConnell	20:48	10	4	5	0	0	2	2	5-9	0-0	0-0	-10
Jay Huff	17:14	11	5	1	0	0	1	6	5-6	1-2	0-1	+1
Jarace Walker	16:23	6	1	3	0	0	0	1	2-4	2-2	0-0	+3
Tony Bradley	7:11	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+1
Kam Jones	5:58	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-2
Totals		127	41	38	3	3	11	26	48-87	15-34	16-21

Did not play: Quenton Jackson (DNP - Coach's Decision), Taelon Peter (DNP - Coach's Decision), Ethan Thompson (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

ORL

Orlando Magic

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Wendell Carter Jr. · Desmond Bane · Paolo Banchero · Anthony Black · Tristan da Silva Starter 13.7 min
Tyus Jones · Jonathan Isaac · Wendell Carter Jr. · Desmond Bane · Jase Richardson 9.1 min
Goga Bitadze · Paolo Banchero · Anthony Black · Tristan da Silva · Jase Richardson 8.3 min
Goga Bitadze · Desmond Bane · Paolo Banchero · Anthony Black · Tristan da Silva 4.7 min
Wendell Carter Jr. · Desmond Bane · Paolo Banchero · Anthony Black · Jase Richardson 3.3 min

IND

Indiana Pacers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Pascal Siakam · Andrew Nembhard · Aaron Nesmith · Micah Potter · Johnny Furphy Starter 9.0 min
Pascal Siakam · Andrew Nembhard · Aaron Nesmith · Micah Potter · Ben Sheppard 6.9 min
Pascal Siakam · Andrew Nembhard · Jay Huff · Jarace Walker · Ben Sheppard 4.6 min
T.J. McConnell · Aaron Nesmith · Jay Huff · Jarace Walker · Kam Jones 3.9 min
T.J. McConnell · Tony Bradley · Aaron Nesmith · Micah Potter · Ben Sheppard 3.0 min

Who guarded whom

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

Magic defense

Pascal Siakam 15 pts (5/9) in 77 possessions

Guarded by: Paolo Banchero (45 %, 9 pts) · Jase Richardson (10 %, 3 pts) · Jonathan Isaac (9 %, 0 pts)
Andrew Nembhard 20 pts (7/11) in 74 possessions

Guarded by: Desmond Bane (50 %, 8 pts) · Anthony Black (15 %, 5 pts) · Tristan da Silva (10 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Desmond Bane	Andrew Nembhard: 37 poss., 8 pts (3/5) · Aaron Nesmith: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Paolo Banchero	Pascal Siakam: 35 poss., 9 pts (3/7) · Micah Potter: 9 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Anthony Black	Aaron Nesmith: 26 poss., 9 pts (3/7) · Ben Sheppard: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Wendell Carter Jr.	Micah Potter: 24 poss., 8 pts (3/4) · Jay Huff: 9 poss., 2 pts (0/2)
Jase Richardson	T.J. McConnell: 18 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Pascal Siakam: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Tristan da Silva	Johnny Furphy: 17 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Aaron Nesmith: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Goga Bitadze	Micah Potter: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jay Huff: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tyus Jones	Ben Sheppard: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · T.J. McConnell: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jonathan Isaac	Pascal Siakam: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Micah Potter: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jett Howard	Kam Jones: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · T.J. McConnell: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Pacers defense

Paolo Banchero 21 pts (9/13) in 74 possessions

Guarded by: Pascal Siakam (43 %, 13 pts) · Aaron Nesmith (11 %, 3 pts) · Micah Potter (11 %, 0 pts)
Desmond Bane 18 pts (5/8) in 73 possessions

Guarded by: Aaron Nesmith (19 %, 5 pts) · Ben Sheppard (15 %, 8 pts) · Andrew Nembhard (15 %, 5 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Pascal Siakam	Paolo Banchero: 32 poss., 13 pts (6/8) · Jonathan Isaac: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Andrew Nembhard	Anthony Black: 26 poss., 4 pts (2/5) · Jase Richardson: 11 poss., 4 pts (1/1)
Aaron Nesmith	Tristan da Silva: 17 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Desmond Bane: 14 poss., 5 pts (1/2)
Micah Potter	Wendell Carter Jr.: 21 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Goga Bitadze: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Ben Sheppard	Desmond Bane: 11 poss., 8 pts (3/3) · Tyus Jones: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
T.J. McConnell	Jase Richardson: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Anthony Black: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jarace Walker	Desmond Bane: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jonathan Isaac: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Jay Huff	Goga Bitadze: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Wendell Carter Jr.: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Johnny Furphy	Desmond Bane: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Tristan da Silva: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tony Bradley	Wendell Carter Jr.: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Paolo Banchero: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kam Jones	Jett Howard: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Desmond Bane: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)