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Indiana Pacers vs. Chicago Bulls

January 28, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Pacers beat the Bulls 113-110 on 2026-01-28 at home. The Pacers started Pascal Siakam, Andrew Nembhard, Aaron Nesmith, Jarace Walker, and Johnny Furphy. The Bulls started Nikola Vučević, Coby White, Isaac Okoro, Josh Giddey, and Matas Buzelis. Coby White (Bulls) scored 18 points (6/9) in his matchups, with Johnny Furphy as his primary defender. Pascal Siakam (Pacers) scored 17 points (6/12) in his matchups, with Jalen Smith as his primary defender.

Box score

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

IND
Indiana Pacers
Indiana Pacers 113

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Pascal Siakam GS 36:08 20 3 5 0 0 2 3 6-16 1-5 7-8 +12
Aaron Nesmith GS 33:58 14 4 4 1 1 0 2 5-9 3-5 1-1 +13
Andrew Nembhard GS 33:42 18 6 9 1 0 1 2 6-14 2-7 4-4 +10
Johnny Furphy GS 21:51 2 7 2 1 1 0 1 0-4 0-1 2-2 +2
Jarace Walker GS 21:32 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 6-8 2-3 2-2 -14
Bennedict Mathurin 28:21 15 8 1 0 0 2 4 4-10 3-5 4-4 -7
Jay Huff 23:27 10 7 1 3 1 1 0 4-10 1-5 1-2 +11
Micah Potter 16:55 7 3 1 0 0 0 1 2-5 2-4 1-2 -3
T.J. McConnell 15:48 8 4 6 1 0 0 2 4-7 0-0 0-0 -7
Ben Sheppard 5:45 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 1-2 1-1 0-0 +1
Isaiah Jackson 2:33 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 -3
Totals 113 43 30 7 3 6 18 38-85 15-36 22-25

Did not play: Tony Bradley (DNP - Coach's Decision), Quenton Jackson (DNP - Coach's Decision), Kam Jones (DNP - Coach's Decision), Ethan Thompson (DNP - Coach's Decision)

CHI
Chicago Bulls
Chicago Bulls 110

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Coby White GS 31:34 14 2 4 0 0 0 3 5-15 1-5 3-4 -9
Matas Buzelis GS 31:31 20 8 0 0 1 1 1 7-11 4-6 2-2 -8
Nikola Vučević GS 29:30 25 9 4 1 2 3 3 10-17 3-4 2-2 -11
Josh Giddey GS 28:35 10 4 7 1 0 3 2 3-8 0-3 4-4 -1
Isaac Okoro GS 22:50 5 2 0 0 0 0 3 2-6 1-3 0-0 +7
Ayo Dosunmu 28:30 19 4 4 0 0 1 2 8-15 0-3 3-4 +3
Jalen Smith 27:40 13 11 3 1 0 2 3 5-9 3-4 0-1 -3
Kevin Huerter 17:24 4 4 4 0 0 0 2 2-5 0-0 0-1 +2
Patrick Williams 17:07 0 3 1 0 0 1 3 0-2 0-2 0-0 +2
Dalen Terry 3:26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 +1
Julian Phillips 1:53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 +2
Totals 110 47 27 3 3 11 22 42-88 12-30 14-18

Did not play: Jevon Carter (DNP - Coach's Decision), Lachlan Olbrich (DNP - Coach's Decision)

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
Pascal Siakam Isaac Okoro: 16 poss., 8 pts (2/3) · Patrick Williams: 15 poss., 4 pts (1/3)
Aaron Nesmith Matas Buzelis: 29 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · Coby White: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Andrew Nembhard Josh Giddey: 20 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Coby White: 11 poss., 9 pts (3/4)
Bennedict Mathurin Isaac Okoro: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/4) · Coby White: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Jay Huff Nikola Vučević: 18 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Jalen Smith: 7 poss., 1 pts (0/1)
Johnny Furphy Coby White: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Josh Giddey: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jarace Walker Nikola Vučević: 10 poss., 8 pts (2/3) · Matas Buzelis: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Micah Potter Jalen Smith: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Nikola Vučević: 9 poss., 1 pts (0/1)
T.J. McConnell Ayo Dosunmu: 15 poss., 6 pts (3/4) · Kevin Huerter: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ben Sheppard Kevin Huerter: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Dalen Terry: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Isaiah Jackson Jalen Smith: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Ayo Dosunmu: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Bulls defense

Defender Guarded most
Coby White Johnny Furphy: 19 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Aaron Nesmith: 15 poss., 4 pts (1/3)
Ayo Dosunmu T.J. McConnell: 19 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Bennedict Mathurin: 8 poss., 7 pts (3/4)
Matas Buzelis Aaron Nesmith: 30 poss., 8 pts (3/6) · Jarace Walker: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Nikola Vučević Jay Huff: 23 poss., 12 pts (5/10) · Pascal Siakam: 11 poss., 9 pts (3/3)
Jalen Smith Pascal Siakam: 17 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Micah Potter: 12 poss., 6 pts (2/3)
Josh Giddey Andrew Nembhard: 38 poss., 8 pts (2/4) · Johnny Furphy: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Isaac Okoro Pascal Siakam: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jarace Walker: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Kevin Huerter Ben Sheppard: 10 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Aaron Nesmith: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Patrick Williams Pascal Siakam: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Bennedict Mathurin: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Dalen Terry Bennedict Mathurin: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · T.J. McConnell: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)