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Denver Nuggets vs. Indiana Pacers

November 8, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Nuggets beat the Pacers 117-100 on 2025-11-08 at home. The Nuggets started Nikola Jokić, Jalen Pickett, Cameron Johnson, Christian Braun, and Peyton Watson. The Pacers started Pascal Siakam, Andrew Nembhard, Aaron Nesmith, Isaiah Jackson, and Jarace Walker. Pascal Siakam (Pacers) scored 15 points (5/12) in his matchups, with Peyton Watson as his primary defender. Nikola Jokić (Nuggets) scored 24 points (9/15) in his matchups, with Tony Bradley as his primary defender.

Box score

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

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Denver Nuggets 117

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Nikola Jokić GS 31:43 32 14 14 1 0 8 4 10-14 1-1 11-12 +9
Cameron Johnson GS 27:15 12 2 4 2 0 0 2 5-11 0-3 2-2 +1
Peyton Watson GS 27:13 16 7 1 3 0 1 3 7-13 1-4 1-1 +1
Christian Braun GS 26:58 8 5 2 1 0 2 1 3-8 0-2 2-3 -1
Jalen Pickett GS 17:32 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 1-4 0-1 0-0 -13
Bruce Brown 23:46 6 7 0 1 0 1 3 3-7 0-1 0-0 +23
Tim Hardaway Jr. 23:38 17 3 4 0 0 1 2 6-13 5-9 0-0 +24
Julian Strawther 21:37 12 6 2 0 0 0 3 5-10 0-3 2-3 +20
Spencer Jones 19:55 6 1 2 0 1 0 1 2-4 1-2 1-2 +14
Jonas Valančiūnas 13:55 6 5 3 0 1 1 2 3-6 0-0 0-0 +13
Zeke Nnaji 3:14 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0-1 0-1 0-0 -3
Hunter Tyson 3:14 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0-2 0-0 0-0 -3
Totals 117 55 32 8 2 16 25 45-93 8-27 19-23

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Indiana Pacers 100

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Pascal Siakam GS 33:08 14 6 5 0 0 2 2 5-16 0-2 4-6 -16
Andrew Nembhard GS 33:02 22 0 6 0 0 3 1 7-20 2-10 6-6 -16
Aaron Nesmith GS 26:12 25 1 0 4 0 1 3 7-10 3-4 8-8 +1
Jarace Walker GS 21:48 8 5 2 0 0 1 2 3-7 1-4 1-2 +7
Isaiah Jackson GS 18:30 4 6 1 3 0 0 2 1-5 0-0 2-4 -5
Ben Sheppard 22:45 5 2 0 0 0 1 2 2-8 1-5 0-0 -24
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl 18:48 7 5 1 1 0 1 2 3-8 1-2 0-0 -22
Tony Bradley 15:56 6 5 3 0 0 1 4 3-4 0-0 0-0 -8
Jay Huff 15:21 4 6 1 0 4 1 4 1-5 0-3 2-2 +1
Monté Morris 14:58 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 1-5 0-2 1-2 -1
Cody Martin 14:24 2 3 0 0 2 0 1 0-2 0-2 2-4 -6
RayJ Dennis 5:08 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0-3 0-2 0-0 +4
Totals 100 43 20 9 6 11 23 33-93 8-36 26-34

Did not play: Taelon Peter (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

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Starting lineup

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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.

Nuggets defense

Defender Guarded most
Nikola Jokić Tony Bradley: 26 poss., 9 pts (2/3) · Isaiah Jackson: 22 poss., 4 pts (2/3)
Christian Braun Aaron Nesmith: 34 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Andrew Nembhard: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Cameron Johnson Jarace Walker: 30 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Jeremiah Robinson-Earl: 9 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Peyton Watson Pascal Siakam: 27 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Jeremiah Robinson-Earl: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Tim Hardaway Jr. Ben Sheppard: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Andrew Nembhard: 11 poss., 6 pts (2/3)
Bruce Brown Andrew Nembhard: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Ben Sheppard: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Julian Strawther Ben Sheppard: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Monte Morris: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jalen Pickett Andrew Nembhard: 20 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Monte Morris: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Spencer Jones Pascal Siakam: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Jeremiah Robinson-Earl: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jonas Valanciunas Jay Huff: 13 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Isaiah Jackson: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Hunter Tyson Ben Sheppard: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Cody Martin: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Zeke Nnaji Jay Huff: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Monte Morris: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Pacers defense

Defender Guarded most
Pascal Siakam Peyton Watson: 28 poss., 3 pts (1/4) · Spencer Jones: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Andrew Nembhard Jalen Pickett: 14 poss., 7 pts (2/5) · Christian Braun: 13 poss., 5 pts (2/4)
Aaron Nesmith Christian Braun: 19 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jalen Pickett: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ben Sheppard Julian Strawther: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Tim Hardaway Jr.: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Jarace Walker Cameron Johnson: 25 poss., 1 pts (0/1) · Christian Braun: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Isaiah Jackson Nikola Jokić: 20 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Jonas Valanciunas: 7 poss., 1 pts (0/1)
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl Cameron Johnson: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Bruce Brown: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Tony Bradley Nikola Jokić: 22 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Bruce Brown: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jay Huff Jonas Valanciunas: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Zeke Nnaji: 5 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Monte Morris Bruce Brown: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jalen Pickett: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Cody Martin Tim Hardaway Jr.: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Julian Strawther: 5 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
RayJ Dennis Jalen Pickett: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Julian Strawther: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)