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Indiana Pacers vs. Charlotte Hornets

February 26, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Hornets beat the Pacers 133-109 on 2026-02-26 on the road against the Pacers. The Pacers started Andrew Nembhard, Obi Toppin, Jay Huff, Jarace Walker, and Ben Sheppard. The Hornets started Miles Bridges, LaMelo Ball, Moussa Diabaté, Brandon Miller, and Kon Knueppel. LaMelo Ball (Hornets) scored 6 points (2/6) in his matchups, with Ben Sheppard as his primary defender. Andrew Nembhard (Pacers) scored 21 points (7/12) in his matchups, with Brandon Miller as his primary defender.

Box score

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

IND

Indiana Pacers 109

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jarace Walker GS	31:07	16	6	1	1	1	2	0	7-17	2-7	0-0	-10
Andrew Nembhard GS	29:05	20	3	7	1	0	4	2	6-14	3-6	5-6	-12
Jay Huff GS	27:50	7	4	3	0	1	1	2	3-6	0-3	1-2	-32
Ben Sheppard GS	25:12	11	5	3	1	0	1	2	5-7	0-1	1-1	-13
Obi Toppin GS	8:29	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	1-4	0-3	1-2	-1
Quenton Jackson	30:33	13	4	2	1	0	1	4	4-9	0-2	5-5	-22
Kobe Brown	25:55	6	5	1	0	1	2	1	3-6	0-2	0-0	-17
Micah Potter	25:53	19	4	1	2	0	0	2	6-11	5-7	2-2	+1
Kam Jones	19:05	5	2	2	0	0	0	2	2-4	1-3	0-0	-4
T.J. McConnell	16:51	9	2	7	0	0	1	0	4-9	0-1	1-2	-10
Totals		109	37	28	7	3	12	15	41-87	11-35	16-20

Did not play: Aaron Nesmith (DND - Injury/Illness), Pascal Siakam (DND - Injury/Illness)

CHA

Charlotte Hornets 133

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kon Knueppel GS	31:12	28	4	2	1	1	1	3	10-17	8-12	0-0	+26
Moussa Diabaté GS	29:56	14	11	4	2	0	2	3	7-8	0-0	0-0	+18
Brandon Miller GS	25:41	33	7	4	1	0	4	2	11-19	6-11	5-6	+14
Miles Bridges GS	23:35	7	3	2	2	1	2	1	3-6	1-2	0-0	+23
LaMelo Ball GS	21:35	20	4	8	1	1	3	1	7-12	3-8	3-3	+24
Grant Williams	22:31	9	4	2	0	1	0	1	3-5	3-4	0-0	+1
Josh Green	20:20	0	0	1	1	0	1	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	-4
Sion James	18:47	2	4	2	0	0	0	3	0-4	0-2	2-2	+12
Coby White	16:30	7	1	6	1	0	1	1	2-8	0-4	3-5	+4
Ryan Kalkbrenner	11:56	4	4	1	0	0	1	1	2-2	0-0	0-0	+9
Tre Mann	9:55	4	3	2	0	0	0	1	1-3	1-3	1-2	-4
Pat Connaughton	8:02	5	1	1	1	0	1	0	2-2	0-0	1-1	-3
Totals		133	46	35	10	4	16	19	48-86	22-46	15-19

Did not play: Xavier Tillman (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

IND

Indiana Pacers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Andrew Nembhard · Obi Toppin · Jay Huff · Jarace Walker · Ben Sheppard Starter 4.3 min
Andrew Nembhard · Jay Huff · Jarace Walker · Kobe Brown · Ben Sheppard 5.8 min
T.J. McConnell · Micah Potter · Quenton Jackson · Kobe Brown · Kam Jones 5.2 min
Andrew Nembhard · Jay Huff · Quenton Jackson · Jarace Walker · Ben Sheppard 5.2 min
Jay Huff · Micah Potter · Quenton Jackson · Kobe Brown · Kam Jones 3.4 min

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Charlotte Hornets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Miles Bridges · LaMelo Ball · Moussa Diabaté · Brandon Miller · Kon Knueppel Starter 13.2 min
Grant Williams · LaMelo Ball · Ryan Kalkbrenner · Kon Knueppel · Sion James 3.7 min
Pat Connaughton · Josh Green · Tre Mann · Moussa Diabaté · Sion James 3.4 min
Miles Bridges · Coby White · Josh Green · Moussa Diabaté · Brandon Miller 3.2 min
Miles Bridges · LaMelo Ball · Josh Green · Moussa Diabaté · Brandon Miller 3.0 min

Who guarded whom

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

Pacers defense

LaMelo Ball 6 pts (2/6) in 44 possessions

Guarded by: Ben Sheppard (33 %, 3 pts) · Quenton Jackson (23 %, 0 pts) · Andrew Nembhard (12 %, 0 pts)
Coby White 4 pts (1/2) in 31 possessions

Guarded by: Kam Jones (34 %, 0 pts) · Ben Sheppard (19 %, 0 pts) · Quenton Jackson (16 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Andrew Nembhard	Brandon Miller: 23 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · Josh Green: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Jarace Walker	Kon Knueppel: 18 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Miles Bridges: 10 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Quenton Jackson	Kon Knueppel: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · LaMelo Ball: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jay Huff	Moussa Diabaté: 29 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Ryan Kalkbrenner: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Ben Sheppard	LaMelo Ball: 15 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Kon Knueppel: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kobe Brown	Miles Bridges: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Grant Williams: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Micah Potter	Ryan Kalkbrenner: 12 poss., 6 pts (2/2) · Moussa Diabaté: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Kam Jones	Coby White: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kon Knueppel: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
T.J. McConnell	Sion James: 14 poss., 5 pts (2/4) · Grant Williams: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Obi Toppin	Miles Bridges: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Grant Williams: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)

Hornets defense

Andrew Nembhard 21 pts (7/12) in 59 possessions

Guarded by: Brandon Miller (32 %, 14 pts) · Kon Knueppel (26 %, 2 pts) · LaMelo Ball (16 %, 3 pts)
T.J. McConnell 6 pts (2/3) in 35 possessions

Guarded by: Sion James (46 %, 0 pts) · Josh Green (22 %, 0 pts) · Kon Knueppel (13 %, 3 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Kon Knueppel	Ben Sheppard: 17 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · Andrew Nembhard: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/4)
Moussa Diabaté	Jay Huff: 34 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Micah Potter: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Brandon Miller	Andrew Nembhard: 19 poss., 14 pts (5/7) · Jarace Walker: 16 poss., 8 pts (3/5)
Miles Bridges	Kobe Brown: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jarace Walker: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
LaMelo Ball	Quenton Jackson: 12 poss., 7 pts (3/6) · Andrew Nembhard: 10 poss., 3 pts (0/0)
Grant Williams	Micah Potter: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kobe Brown: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Josh Green	T.J. McConnell: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jarace Walker: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Sion James	T.J. McConnell: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Quenton Jackson: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Coby White	Kam Jones: 14 poss., 4 pts (1/3) · Quenton Jackson: 7 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Ryan Kalkbrenner	Micah Potter: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jay Huff: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tre Mann	Quenton Jackson: 6 poss., 1 pts (0/1) · Ben Sheppard: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Pat Connaughton	Kobe Brown: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Jarace Walker: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)