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Indiana Pacers vs. Sacramento Kings

December 8, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Pacers beat the Kings 116-105 on 2025-12-08 at home. The Pacers started Pascal Siakam, Andrew Nembhard, Jay Huff, Ethan Thompson, and Bennedict Mathurin. The Kings started Russell Westbrook, DeMar DeRozan, Zach LaVine, Keegan Murray, and Maxime Raynaud. Russell Westbrook (Kings) scored 13 points (5/8) in his matchups, with Bennedict Mathurin as his primary defender. Pascal Siakam (Pacers) scored 13 points (6/14) in his matchups, with DeMar DeRozan as his primary defender.

Box score

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

IND
Indiana Pacers
Indiana Pacers 116

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Bennedict Mathurin GS 35:07 25 6 2 1 0 1 3 7-14 4-9 7-7 +11
Pascal Siakam GS 34:35 23 5 4 2 0 2 0 10-21 1-4 2-2 +14
Andrew Nembhard GS 32:44 28 4 12 2 0 3 3 10-18 2-4 6-8 +13
Jay Huff GS 31:26 8 7 2 2 4 1 1 1-5 0-3 6-6 +7
Ethan Thompson GS 27:46 6 5 0 2 0 0 2 2-4 2-3 0-0 0
Jarace Walker 18:26 12 3 1 0 0 2 1 3-5 2-4 4-4 +3
Garrison Mathews 17:18 7 1 1 0 1 0 0 2-7 2-6 1-1 +7
Isaiah Jackson 16:34 0 7 0 3 2 2 3 0-2 0-0 0-0 +4
T.J. McConnell 15:37 4 1 3 0 0 1 1 2-9 0-0 0-0 -2
Johnny Furphy 10:27 3 2 0 2 0 1 1 1-2 1-2 0-0 -2
Totals 116 41 25 14 7 13 15 38-87 14-35 26-28

Did not play: Tony Bradley (DNP - Coach's Decision), Taelon Peter (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jeremiah Robinson-Earl (DNP - Coach's Decision)

SAC
Sacramento Kings
Sacramento Kings 105

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Russell Westbrook GS 40:18 24 12 14 2 1 3 2 10-16 2-3 2-4 -7
Zach LaVine GS 38:00 16 2 3 1 0 5 0 6-13 2-6 2-2 -10
Keegan Murray GS 37:27 8 11 2 0 0 2 4 3-11 1-5 1-1 -3
DeMar DeRozan GS 36:04 20 5 3 1 0 1 4 8-16 0-2 4-5 -14
Maxime Raynaud GS 23:14 13 8 3 0 0 3 3 5-8 0-0 3-4 +2
Precious Achiuwa 20:58 11 5 2 2 2 0 1 5-9 0-0 1-3 -4
Keon Ellis 15:08 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1-3 1-3 0-0 +4
Nique Clifford 14:08 7 2 0 0 1 2 1 3-6 1-1 0-0 -2
Malik Monk 9:10 0 4 1 0 0 2 2 0-5 0-2 0-0 -11
Drew Eubanks 5:33 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 0-1 0-0 3-4 -10
Totals 105 51 28 6 4 19 18 41-88 7-22 16-23

Did not play: Doug McDermott (DNP - Coach's Decision), Dario Šarić (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

IND
Indiana Pacers
Indiana Pacers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

SAC
Sacramento Kings
Sacramento Kings

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
Bennedict Mathurin Zach LaVine: 16 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Russell Westbrook: 15 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Pascal Siakam Keegan Murray: 19 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · DeMar DeRozan: 18 poss., 6 pts (2/7)
Andrew Nembhard Zach LaVine: 19 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Russell Westbrook: 14 poss., 6 pts (2/2)
Jay Huff Maxime Raynaud: 31 poss., 2 pts (0/3) · Precious Achiuwa: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ethan Thompson Zach LaVine: 19 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Keegan Murray: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jarace Walker Russell Westbrook: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · DeMar DeRozan: 5 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Isaiah Jackson Precious Achiuwa: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Drew Eubanks: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Garrison Mathews Nique Clifford: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Keegan Murray: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
T.J. McConnell Keon Ellis: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Malik Monk: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Johnny Furphy DeMar DeRozan: 4 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Keegan Murray: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1)

Kings defense

Defender Guarded most
Russell Westbrook Bennedict Mathurin: 30 poss., 8 pts (3/3) · Andrew Nembhard: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/3)
Zach LaVine Andrew Nembhard: 39 poss., 10 pts (3/8) · Bennedict Mathurin: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
DeMar DeRozan Pascal Siakam: 37 poss., 6 pts (3/7) · Bennedict Mathurin: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Keegan Murray Ethan Thompson: 23 poss., 5 pts (2/4) · Garrison Mathews: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/3)
Maxime Raynaud Jay Huff: 33 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Pascal Siakam: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Precious Achiuwa Isaiah Jackson: 15 poss., 4 pts (2/4) · Jay Huff: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Keon Ellis T.J. McConnell: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Jarace Walker: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Nique Clifford Garrison Mathews: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Ethan Thompson: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Malik Monk T.J. McConnell: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jarace Walker: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Drew Eubanks Isaiah Jackson: 8 poss., 2 pts (0/1) · Jay Huff: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)