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Indiana Pacers vs. Miami Heat

March 29, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Pacers beat the Heat 135-118 on 2026-03-29 at home. The Pacers started Pascal Siakam, Andrew Nembhard, Ethan Thompson, Quenton Jackson, and Jalen Slawson. The Heat started Andrew Wiggins, Bam Adebayo, Tyler Herro, Davion Mitchell, and Pelle Larsson. Bam Adebayo (Heat) scored 30 points (12/17) in his matchups, with Micah Potter as his primary defender. Pascal Siakam (Pacers) scored 16 points (6/10) in his matchups, with Andrew Wiggins as his primary defender.

Box score

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

IND
Indiana Pacers
Indiana Pacers 135

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Andrew Nembhard GS 36:21 15 3 10 0 0 2 1 6-12 2-6 1-1 +11
Pascal Siakam GS 31:17 30 11 6 1 0 4 2 11-24 3-8 5-7 +12
Quenton Jackson GS 20:15 10 3 1 0 0 2 1 5-6 0-0 0-0 -10
Jalen Slawson GS 16:05 0 4 1 0 0 0 2 0-2 0-1 0-0 -5
Ethan Thompson GS 9:57 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1-3 1-2 0-0 -6
Kobe Brown 33:26 18 4 5 1 1 0 2 7-11 3-6 1-1 +23
Ben Sheppard 23:11 5 2 1 1 0 0 1 2-4 1-2 0-0 +22
Micah Potter 20:28 21 5 0 0 0 2 3 7-9 5-6 2-2 -4
T.J. McConnell 18:16 15 2 9 0 1 1 0 6-8 2-3 1-1 +15
Jay Huff 16:08 6 5 0 0 2 0 1 3-5 0-2 0-0 +17
Obi Toppin 14:36 12 2 3 0 0 0 2 5-8 1-3 1-1 +10
Totals 135 42 36 3 5 11 17 53-92 18-39 11-13

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

MIA
Miami Heat
Miami Heat 118

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Andrew Wiggins GS 37:29 15 6 5 2 2 1 3 5-14 3-6 2-2 -13
Tyler Herro GS 36:21 31 3 4 0 0 0 1 12-22 5-13 2-2 -11
Pelle Larsson GS 35:45 15 5 3 0 0 1 3 7-11 0-1 1-3 -6
Davion Mitchell GS 35:29 12 3 8 2 0 1 4 5-7 1-2 1-2 -9
Bam Adebayo GS 32:57 15 12 3 0 1 1 1 6-16 0-3 3-4 -9
Jaime Jaquez Jr. 25:43 17 8 2 0 0 1 1 7-17 2-5 1-1 -10
Kel'el Ware 15:03 5 3 2 1 0 0 1 2-5 1-3 0-0 -8
Kasparas Jakučionis 12:31 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 1-2 1-2 2-2 -8
Simone Fontecchio 7:14 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 0-4 0-2 1-2 -4
Myron Gardner 1:28 2 1 0 0 1 1 1 1-1 0-0 0-0 -7
Totals 118 42 29 5 4 7 17 46-99 13-37 13-18

Did not play: Keshad Johnson (DNP - Coach's Decision), Nikola Jović (DNP - Coach's Decision), Norman Powell (NWT - Injury/Illness), Dru Smith (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

IND
Indiana Pacers
Indiana Pacers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

MIA
Miami Heat
Miami Heat

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
Andrew Nembhard Tyler Herro: 21 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Andrew Wiggins: 18 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Kobe Brown Jaime Jaquez Jr.: 17 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Pelle Larsson: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/3)
Pascal Siakam Andrew Wiggins: 22 poss., 5 pts (2/6) · Bam Adebayo: 13 poss., 9 pts (3/5)
Ben Sheppard Tyler Herro: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Davion Mitchell: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Micah Potter Bam Adebayo: 20 poss., 9 pts (3/5) · Kel'el Ware: 5 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Quenton Jackson Davion Mitchell: 20 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Pelle Larsson: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
T.J. McConnell Pelle Larsson: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Davion Mitchell: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jay Huff Bam Adebayo: 13 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Kel'el Ware: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jalen Slawson Pelle Larsson: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Tyler Herro: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Obi Toppin Andrew Wiggins: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Jaime Jaquez Jr.: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Ethan Thompson Tyler Herro: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Andrew Wiggins: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Heat defense

Defender Guarded most
Andrew Wiggins Pascal Siakam: 23 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Obi Toppin: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Tyler Herro Andrew Nembhard: 47 poss., 11 pts (4/8) · Kobe Brown: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Davion Mitchell Quenton Jackson: 25 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Ben Sheppard: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Bam Adebayo Micah Potter: 24 poss., 4 pts (2/5) · Pascal Siakam: 16 poss., 6 pts (2/3)
Pelle Larsson Kobe Brown: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Ben Sheppard: 11 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Jaime Jaquez Jr. Kobe Brown: 25 poss., 5 pts (2/6) · Jalen Slawson: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Kel'el Ware Jay Huff: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Micah Potter: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Kasparas Jakučionis T.J. McConnell: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Quenton Jackson: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Simone Fontecchio Ben Sheppard: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Obi Toppin: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Myron Gardner Obi Toppin: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jalen Slawson: 1 poss., 2 pts (1/1)