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Indiana Pacers vs. Charlotte Hornets

November 19, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Pacers beat the Hornets 127-118 on 2025-11-19 at home. The Pacers started Pascal Siakam, Andrew Nembhard, Isaiah Jackson, Bennedict Mathurin, and Ben Sheppard. The Hornets started Miles Bridges, LaMelo Ball, Ryan Kalkbrenner, Kon Knueppel, and Sion James. LaMelo Ball (Hornets) scored 13 points (5/5) in his matchups, with Ben Sheppard as his primary defender. Pascal Siakam (Pacers) scored 21 points (9/16) in his matchups, with Miles Bridges as his primary defender.

Box score

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

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Indiana Pacers 127

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Pascal Siakam GS	36:37	22	4	7	1	1	2	3	9-17	2-8	2-2	+25
Bennedict Mathurin GS	34:03	24	12	2	1	0	1	2	7-13	2-5	8-9	-2
Andrew Nembhard GS	33:57	16	2	7	0	0	6	2	6-15	1-4	3-5	-9
Ben Sheppard GS	31:19	15	4	2	2	0	0	1	5-10	1-5	4-4	+16
Isaiah Jackson GS	16:22	2	4	1	0	4	2	4	1-2	0-0	0-0	-3
Jay Huff	27:08	20	5	4	0	3	1	3	7-13	4-9	2-3	+17
Jarace Walker	25:34	9	4	0	0	0	2	2	3-6	3-4	0-0	-2
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl	16:31	3	2	1	1	0	0	1	1-2	1-1	0-0	-10
T.J. McConnell	14:03	14	6	8	0	0	1	1	6-6	2-2	0-0	+18
Tony Bradley	4:26	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	1-1	0-0	0-0	-5
Totals		127	43	32	5	8	15	22	46-85	16-38	19-23

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

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Charlotte Hornets 118

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kon Knueppel GS	41:46	28	8	7	0	0	2	2	11-20	5-12	1-1	-9
Miles Bridges GS	35:24	25	5	2	1	2	0	5	9-20	3-8	4-4	-2
LaMelo Ball GS	27:19	18	7	9	2	0	6	2	5-21	2-11	6-6	-5
Ryan Kalkbrenner GS	24:42	10	9	0	0	0	0	0	4-5	0-0	2-3	-11
Sion James GS	23:23	1	2	1	1	0	1	2	0-4	0-1	1-2	-6
Collin Sexton	25:09	11	0	5	1	0	2	2	4-13	0-3	3-3	-6
Moussa Diabaté	24:08	8	12	3	0	0	1	3	3-9	0-0	2-3	+2
Drew Peterson	18:33	4	3	0	1	0	0	1	2-6	0-4	0-0	-8
Pat Connaughton	16:18	13	2	1	1	0	0	1	5-7	3-5	0-0	+7
KJ Simpson	3:18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	-7
Totals		118	48	28	7	2	12	18	43-107	13-45	19-22

Did not play: Mason Plumlee (DNP - Coach's Decision), Grant Williams (DNP - Injury/Illness)

Lineups

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Indiana Pacers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Pascal Siakam · Andrew Nembhard · Isaiah Jackson · Bennedict Mathurin · Ben Sheppard Starter 10.0 min
Pascal Siakam · Andrew Nembhard · Jay Huff · Bennedict Mathurin · Ben Sheppard 6.4 min
Andrew Nembhard · Jeremiah Robinson-Earl · Jay Huff · Bennedict Mathurin · Jarace Walker 6.2 min
T.J. McConnell · Pascal Siakam · Jay Huff · Jarace Walker · Ben Sheppard 5.3 min
Pascal Siakam · Andrew Nembhard · Jay Huff · Bennedict Mathurin · Jarace Walker 3.8 min

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Charlotte Hornets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Miles Bridges · LaMelo Ball · Ryan Kalkbrenner · Kon Knueppel · Sion James Starter 9.0 min
Collin Sexton · Moussa Diabaté · Drew Peterson · Kon Knueppel · Sion James 5.0 min
Pat Connaughton · Miles Bridges · LaMelo Ball · Ryan Kalkbrenner · Kon Knueppel 4.7 min
Pat Connaughton · Miles Bridges · Collin Sexton · Moussa Diabaté · Kon Knueppel 4.4 min
Miles Bridges · LaMelo Ball · Moussa Diabaté · Drew Peterson · Kon Knueppel 3.8 min

Who guarded whom

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

Pacers defense

LaMelo Ball 13 pts (5/5) in 58 possessions

Guarded by: Ben Sheppard (36 %, 3 pts) · Andrew Nembhard (16 %, 5 pts) · Bennedict Mathurin (16 %, 3 pts)
Collin Sexton 7 pts (1/2) in 47 possessions

Guarded by: Ben Sheppard (18 %, 2 pts) · Andrew Nembhard (18 %, 0 pts) · Bennedict Mathurin (17 %, 3 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Pascal Siakam	Miles Bridges: 29 poss., 7 pts (3/5) · Moussa Diabaté: 12 poss., 9 pts (3/6)
Bennedict Mathurin	Kon Knueppel: 18 poss., 4 pts (2/4) · Sion James: 16 poss., 7 pts (2/2)
Andrew Nembhard	Kon Knueppel: 14 poss., 6 pts (2/2) · Sion James: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/5)
Ben Sheppard	LaMelo Ball: 21 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Kon Knueppel: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jay Huff	Ryan Kalkbrenner: 26 poss., 8 pts (3/8) · Moussa Diabaté: 10 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Jarace Walker	Kon Knueppel: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Miles Bridges: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Isaiah Jackson	Moussa Diabaté: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Ryan Kalkbrenner: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl	Miles Bridges: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Pat Connaughton: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
T.J. McConnell	Kon Knueppel: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Collin Sexton: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Tony Bradley	Ryan Kalkbrenner: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Miles Bridges: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Hornets defense

Pascal Siakam 21 pts (9/16) in 71 possessions

Guarded by: Miles Bridges (36 %, 6 pts) · Kon Knueppel (13 %, 5 pts) · Moussa Diabaté (10 %, 0 pts)
Bennedict Mathurin 18 pts (6/14) in 64 possessions

Guarded by: Kon Knueppel (34 %, 5 pts) · Collin Sexton (18 %, 3 pts) · LaMelo Ball (14 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Kon Knueppel	Bennedict Mathurin: 22 poss., 5 pts (2/4) · Andrew Nembhard: 19 poss., 2 pts (1/4)
Miles Bridges	Pascal Siakam: 26 poss., 6 pts (3/7) · Jeremiah Robinson-Earl: 10 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
LaMelo Ball	Ben Sheppard: 20 poss., 7 pts (3/9) · Bennedict Mathurin: 9 poss., 2 pts (0/1)
Ryan Kalkbrenner	Jay Huff: 23 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Tony Bradley: 8 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Collin Sexton	Ben Sheppard: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Bennedict Mathurin: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/5)
Moussa Diabaté	Jay Huff: 11 poss., 1 pts (0/3) · Isaiah Jackson: 11 poss., 4 pts (2/3)
Sion James	Andrew Nembhard: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jarace Walker: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Drew Peterson	Andrew Nembhard: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Jarace Walker: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Pat Connaughton	Pascal Siakam: 6 poss., 8 pts (3/4) · Ben Sheppard: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
KJ Simpson	T.J. McConnell: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Pascal Siakam: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)