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Indiana Pacers vs. Boston Celtics

January 12, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Pacers beat the Celtics 98-96 on 2026-01-12 at home. The Pacers started Pascal Siakam, Andrew Nembhard, Aaron Nesmith, Jay Huff, and Johnny Furphy. The Celtics started Derrick White, Neemias Queta, Payton Pritchard, Sam Hauser, and Baylor Scheierman. Anfernee Simons (Celtics) scored 5 points (2/6) in his matchups, with Ben Sheppard as his primary defender. Pascal Siakam (Pacers) scored 7 points (3/5) in his matchups, with Baylor Scheierman as his primary defender.

Box score

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

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Indiana Pacers 98

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Pascal Siakam GS	34:25	21	8	6	2	1	2	0	10-15	0-1	1-2	+11
Andrew Nembhard GS	33:18	13	6	9	2	0	3	1	5-14	3-5	0-0	+12
Aaron Nesmith GS	32:23	6	5	2	0	0	1	1	2-9	2-6	0-0	-8
Jay Huff GS	28:15	20	3	2	2	1	2	1	8-12	4-7	0-0	+20
Johnny Furphy GS	15:46	4	5	1	1	0	2	0	1-1	0-0	2-2	+12
Jarace Walker	24:47	11	7	1	1	0	1	2	4-9	3-5	0-0	-5
Ben Sheppard	23:12	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	2-8	1-6	0-0	-16
T.J. McConnell	14:42	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	2-5	0-0	1-2	-10
Quenton Jackson	14:41	8	0	1	0	1	0	1	3-5	2-4	0-0	+6
Micah Potter	12:50	5	4	1	0	0	0	1	2-6	1-3	0-0	-11
Tony Bradley	5:41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-1
Totals		98	40	29	8	3	11	7	39-84	16-37	4-6

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

BOS

Boston Celtics 96

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Payton Pritchard GS	37:27	23	4	8	2	0	0	0	10-22	3-7	0-0	+1
Derrick White GS	36:27	18	4	5	0	0	4	1	7-21	2-9	2-2	+1
Sam Hauser GS	32:52	8	8	1	0	0	1	1	2-7	2-7	2-2	-6
Neemias Queta GS	31:44	15	8	2	2	1	3	0	7-9	0-0	1-3	-12
Baylor Scheierman GS	20:28	2	3	0	2	0	0	2	0-3	0-2	2-2	-8
Jordan Walsh	25:58	6	9	1	3	0	1	1	3-5	0-2	0-0	+4
Anfernee Simons	24:19	16	3	4	0	0	2	2	7-15	2-7	0-0	-4
Luka Garza	16:06	6	6	1	0	0	0	0	3-4	0-0	0-0	+10
Hugo González	14:38	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	1-2	0-1	0-0	+4
Totals		96	46	22	9	1	12	7	40-88	9-35	7-9

Did not play: Chris Boucher (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jaylen Brown (DND - Injury/Illness), Ron Harper Jr. (DNP - Coach's Decision), Max Shulga (DNP - Coach's Decision), Xavier Tillman (DNP - Coach's Decision), Amari Williams (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

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Indiana Pacers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Pascal Siakam · Andrew Nembhard · Aaron Nesmith · Jay Huff · Johnny Furphy Starter 10.1 min
T.J. McConnell · Aaron Nesmith · Micah Potter · Jarace Walker · Ben Sheppard 6.6 min
Pascal Siakam · Andrew Nembhard · Jay Huff · Ben Sheppard · Johnny Furphy 5.7 min
Pascal Siakam · Andrew Nembhard · Jay Huff · Quenton Jackson · Jarace Walker 3.9 min
Pascal Siakam · Tony Bradley · Andrew Nembhard · Quenton Jackson · Jarace Walker 3.8 min

BOS

Boston Celtics

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Derrick White · Neemias Queta · Payton Pritchard · Sam Hauser · Baylor Scheierman Starter 12.5 min
Derrick White · Neemias Queta · Payton Pritchard · Sam Hauser · Jordan Walsh 8.2 min
Anfernee Simons · Payton Pritchard · Luka Garza · Jordan Walsh · Hugo González 6.2 min
Derrick White · Anfernee Simons · Luka Garza · Jordan Walsh · Hugo González 4.1 min
Derrick White · Anfernee Simons · Neemias Queta · Jordan Walsh · Hugo González 3.8 min

Who guarded whom

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

Pacers defense

Anfernee Simons 5 pts (2/6) in 45 possessions

Guarded by: Ben Sheppard (40 %, 0 pts) · Jarace Walker (17 %, 0 pts) · Quenton Jackson (14 %, 2 pts)
Derrick White 22 pts (9/18) in 63 possessions

Guarded by: Aaron Nesmith (37 %, 0 pts) · Pascal Siakam (14 %, 6 pts) · Quenton Jackson (11 %, 3 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Pascal Siakam	Baylor Scheierman: 16 poss., 5 pts (2/4) · Hugo González: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Andrew Nembhard	Payton Pritchard: 24 poss., 6 pts (2/5) · Sam Hauser: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/4)
Aaron Nesmith	Derrick White: 23 poss., 0 pts (0/4) · Payton Pritchard: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jay Huff	Neemias Queta: 21 poss., 6 pts (2/4) · Sam Hauser: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Jarace Walker	Luka Garza: 10 poss., 6 pts (2/6) · Anfernee Simons: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ben Sheppard	Anfernee Simons: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Sam Hauser: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Johnny Furphy	Sam Hauser: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Payton Pritchard: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
T.J. McConnell	Jordan Walsh: 15 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Anfernee Simons: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Quenton Jackson	Derrick White: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Anfernee Simons: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Micah Potter	Hugo González: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Jordan Walsh: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Tony Bradley	Neemias Queta: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jordan Walsh: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Celtics defense

Pascal Siakam 7 pts (3/5) in 67 possessions

Guarded by: Baylor Scheierman (33 %, 0 pts) · Hugo González (17 %, 0 pts) · Jordan Walsh (11 %, 0 pts)
Andrew Nembhard 9 pts (4/8) in 67 possessions

Guarded by: Payton Pritchard (48 %, 4 pts) · Sam Hauser (13 %, 0 pts) · Derrick White (12 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Payton Pritchard	Andrew Nembhard: 32 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Ben Sheppard: 8 poss., 6 pts (2/2)
Derrick White	Aaron Nesmith: 27 poss., 9 pts (3/9) · Andrew Nembhard: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Sam Hauser	Johnny Furphy: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Andrew Nembhard: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Neemias Queta	Jay Huff: 33 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Tony Bradley: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Anfernee Simons	Ben Sheppard: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · T.J. McConnell: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Jordan Walsh	Jarace Walker: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Pascal Siakam: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Baylor Scheierman	Pascal Siakam: 22 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Aaron Nesmith: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Luka Garza	Jay Huff: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Micah Potter: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Hugo González	Pascal Siakam: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jarace Walker: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)