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Indiana Pacers vs. LA Clippers

March 27, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Clippers beat the Pacers 114-113 on 2026-03-27 on the road against the Pacers. The Pacers started Pascal Siakam, Andrew Nembhard, Aaron Nesmith, Jay Huff, and Jarace Walker. The Clippers started Brook Lopez, Kawhi Leonard, Derrick Jones Jr., John Collins, and Darius Garland. Kawhi Leonard (Clippers) scored 12 points (5/8) in his matchups, with Aaron Nesmith as his primary defender. Pascal Siakam (Pacers) scored 5 points (2/16) in his matchups, with Derrick Jones Jr. 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 +/-
Aaron Nesmith GS 35:24 26 7 2 1 0 5 5 10-14 4-5 2-2 -11
Pascal Siakam GS 32:44 11 6 3 1 0 5 3 4-16 0-3 3-4 -6
Andrew Nembhard GS 32:14 13 1 10 1 1 2 5 4-13 2-7 3-3 +8
Jay Huff GS 20:19 3 3 4 0 1 2 1 1-4 1-3 0-2 -6
Jarace Walker GS 4:23 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 2-3 1-1 0-0 +6
Kobe Brown 26:49 11 4 3 2 1 1 1 4-8 1-4 2-2 +5
Obi Toppin 22:54 20 8 4 0 0 1 3 8-11 4-7 0-0 +6
Ben Sheppard 18:34 2 3 0 0 0 1 3 1-3 0-2 0-0 -13
Micah Potter 15:55 13 7 0 0 1 1 2 5-8 2-3 1-2 +6
T.J. McConnell 13:28 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 1-1 0-0 0-0 -2
Quenton Jackson 13:08 7 2 3 0 0 2 1 3-5 1-1 0-0 +4
Jalen Slawson 4:08 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0-1 0-0 0-0 -2
Totals 113 45 34 6 4 20 24 43-87 16-36 11-15

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

LAC
LA Clippers
LA Clippers 114

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Darius Garland GS 34:33 30 0 5 0 0 4 1 10-19 6-11 4-4 +2
Kawhi Leonard GS 34:32 28 8 4 3 0 0 2 13-26 1-6 1-2 +17
Brook Lopez GS 33:14 16 9 4 0 2 1 3 6-11 3-6 1-1 +10
Derrick Jones Jr. GS 25:47 4 3 3 1 1 1 4 2-7 0-1 0-0 -5
John Collins GS 19:52 5 6 1 2 0 0 2 2-6 1-1 0-0 -7
Bennedict Mathurin 29:15 17 7 1 1 0 2 1 2-8 1-3 12-15 +2
Kris Dunn 20:37 2 3 1 2 0 0 1 1-6 0-2 0-0 -3
Nicolas Batum 14:29 3 5 0 2 0 0 0 1-5 1-4 0-0 -3
Isaiah Jackson 14:27 4 4 0 0 0 2 3 2-2 0-0 0-2 -6
Jordan Miller 13:14 5 1 1 1 1 1 2 2-6 0-0 1-3 -2
Totals 114 46 20 12 4 11 19 41-96 13-34 19-27

Did not play: Bogdan Bogdanović (DNP - Coach's Decision), Cam Christie (DNP - Coach's Decision), Sean Pedulla (DNP - Coach's Decision), Kobe Sanders (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

IND
Indiana Pacers
Indiana Pacers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

LAC
LA Clippers
LA Clippers

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
Aaron Nesmith Kawhi Leonard: 22 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · John Collins: 13 poss., 9 pts (3/3)
Andrew Nembhard Darius Garland: 17 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Bennedict Mathurin: 15 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Pascal Siakam Derrick Jones Jr.: 23 poss., 4 pts (1/5) · Nicolas Batum: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kobe Brown Kawhi Leonard: 16 poss., 2 pts (0/1) · John Collins: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Obi Toppin Derrick Jones Jr.: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Brook Lopez: 9 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Jay Huff Brook Lopez: 27 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Kawhi Leonard: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ben Sheppard Darius Garland: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Bennedict Mathurin: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Micah Potter Isaiah Jackson: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Brook Lopez: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Quenton Jackson Darius Garland: 15 poss., 5 pts (2/4) · Kawhi Leonard: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
T.J. McConnell Kris Dunn: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Bennedict Mathurin: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jarace Walker Kawhi Leonard: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · John Collins: 2 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Jalen Slawson Nicolas Batum: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Bennedict Mathurin: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Clippers defense

Defender Guarded most
Kawhi Leonard Aaron Nesmith: 40 poss., 14 pts (6/11) · Kobe Brown: 12 poss., 8 pts (4/5)
Darius Garland Quenton Jackson: 17 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Andrew Nembhard: 17 poss., 9 pts (3/4)
Brook Lopez Jay Huff: 26 poss., 12 pts (4/7) · Obi Toppin: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Bennedict Mathurin Andrew Nembhard: 33 poss., 6 pts (0/3) · Aaron Nesmith: 8 poss., 5 pts (1/2)
Derrick Jones Jr. Pascal Siakam: 27 poss., 0 pts (0/5) · Obi Toppin: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
John Collins Kobe Brown: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jarace Walker: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Kris Dunn T.J. McConnell: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Pascal Siakam: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Isaiah Jackson Micah Potter: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Obi Toppin: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Nicolas Batum Pascal Siakam: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Jalen Slawson: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jordan Miller Ben Sheppard: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Kobe Brown: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)