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Indiana Pacers vs. Chicago Bulls

November 29, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Pacers beat the Bulls 103-101 on 2025-11-29 at home. The Pacers started Pascal Siakam, Andrew Nembhard, Jay Huff, Bennedict Mathurin, and Ben Sheppard. The Bulls started Nikola Vučević, Kevin Huerter, Ayo Dosunmu, Josh Giddey, and Matas Buzelis. Josh Giddey (Bulls) scored 11 points (5/11) in his matchups, with Andrew Nembhard as his primary defender. Pascal Siakam (Pacers) scored 11 points (4/13) in his matchups, with Matas Buzelis as his primary defender.

Box score

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

IND
Indiana Pacers
Indiana Pacers 103

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Bennedict Mathurin GS 37:52 19 6 3 2 0 5 2 8-19 3-10 0-0 +3
Pascal Siakam GS 36:18 24 9 4 2 2 1 0 11-23 1-4 1-2 +22
Andrew Nembhard GS 31:34 14 1 6 0 0 3 4 5-10 2-7 2-3 -12
Jay Huff GS 25:16 14 8 2 0 4 0 0 5-9 4-8 0-0 +2
Ben Sheppard GS 22:24 6 2 0 0 0 1 2 2-4 2-4 0-0 -3
T.J. McConnell 24:49 8 3 6 3 1 0 0 4-10 0-0 0-0 +20
Isaiah Jackson 22:44 14 11 1 1 2 1 4 5-5 0-0 4-4 0
Jarace Walker 20:20 4 2 1 0 1 1 0 1-4 1-3 1-2 -5
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl 10:33 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0-2 0-2 0-0 -18
Garrison Mathews 8:10 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0-3 0-3 0-0 +1
Totals 103 44 24 8 10 12 15 41-89 13-41 8-11

Did not play: Tony Bradley (DNP - Coach's Decision), RayJ Dennis (DNP - Coach's Decision), Taelon Peter (DNP - Coach's Decision)

CHI
Chicago Bulls
Chicago Bulls 101

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Ayo Dosunmu GS 35:25 15 4 4 0 0 1 3 6-13 3-6 0-1 -1
Matas Buzelis GS 34:01 8 11 2 1 3 3 0 3-9 2-5 0-2 -12
Josh Giddey GS 33:32 17 11 7 0 0 3 1 7-13 2-5 1-4 +7
Kevin Huerter GS 31:45 15 3 1 1 0 2 4 6-14 3-8 0-0 -7
Nikola Vučević GS 30:10 16 8 6 1 0 0 1 5-14 2-5 4-4 -7
Tre Jones 29:04 17 1 2 0 0 2 0 7-9 0-0 3-3 +6
Patrick Williams 17:02 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1-7 0-1 0-0 -6
Jevon Carter 11:06 3 1 2 1 0 1 2 1-2 1-2 0-0 -13
Lachlan Olbrich 11:02 2 3 0 0 0 1 2 1-3 0-1 0-0 +15
Emanuel Miller 6:55 6 1 0 1 0 0 1 2-3 1-1 1-2 +8
Totals 101 45 24 5 3 13 14 39-87 14-34 9-16

Did not play: Trentyn Flowers (DNP - Coach's Decision), Julian Phillips (DND - Injury/Illness)

Lineups

IND
Indiana Pacers
Indiana Pacers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

CHI
Chicago Bulls
Chicago Bulls

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.

Pacers defense

Defender Guarded most
Bennedict Mathurin Ayo Dosunmu: 27 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Tre Jones: 14 poss., 8 pts (3/5)
Pascal Siakam Matas Buzelis: 30 poss., 8 pts (4/10) · Patrick Williams: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/4)
Andrew Nembhard Josh Giddey: 27 poss., 5 pts (2/4) · Tre Jones: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jay Huff Nikola Vučević: 25 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Josh Giddey: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
T.J. McConnell Tre Jones: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Kevin Huerter: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Ben Sheppard Kevin Huerter: 22 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Ayo Dosunmu: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Isaiah Jackson Nikola Vučević: 14 poss., 4 pts (1/1) · Patrick Williams: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jarace Walker Matas Buzelis: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Ayo Dosunmu: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl Josh Giddey: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Patrick Williams: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Garrison Mathews Ayo Dosunmu: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Kevin Huerter: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Bulls defense

Defender Guarded most
Ayo Dosunmu Bennedict Mathurin: 26 poss., 3 pts (1/4) · Pascal Siakam: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Matas Buzelis Pascal Siakam: 28 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Jarace Walker: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Josh Giddey Andrew Nembhard: 28 poss., 8 pts (4/6) · Bennedict Mathurin: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Kevin Huerter Ben Sheppard: 24 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · T.J. McConnell: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Nikola Vučević Jay Huff: 27 poss., 5 pts (2/9) · Isaiah Jackson: 11 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Tre Jones T.J. McConnell: 12 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Andrew Nembhard: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Patrick Williams Isaiah Jackson: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Pascal Siakam: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Lachlan Olbrich Isaiah Jackson: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jay Huff: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jevon Carter Bennedict Mathurin: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · T.J. McConnell: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Emanuel Miller Pascal Siakam: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Bennedict Mathurin: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)