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Indiana Pacers vs. New York Knicks

December 18, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Knicks beat the Pacers 114-113 on 2025-12-18 on the road against the Pacers. The Pacers started Pascal Siakam, Andrew Nembhard, Jay Huff, Bennedict Mathurin, and Quenton Jackson. The Knicks started OG Anunoby, Mikal Bridges, Jalen Brunson, Ariel Hukporti, and Mohamed Diawara. Jalen Brunson (Knicks) scored 28 points (10/16) in his matchups, with Quenton Jackson as his primary defender. Pascal Siakam (Pacers) scored 10 points (4/10) in his matchups, with OG Anunoby 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 +/-
Bennedict Mathurin GS 38:28 16 8 2 2 0 2 1 7-18 2-9 0-0 +9
Pascal Siakam GS 37:33 26 6 5 3 2 2 2 9-22 2-6 6-6 +3
Andrew Nembhard GS 37:25 31 1 4 1 0 2 4 12-19 4-5 3-4 +15
Quenton Jackson GS 27:09 10 4 2 1 0 1 0 3-7 2-5 2-2 +14
Jay Huff GS 18:06 6 10 1 0 2 3 3 2-7 0-5 2-2 +4
Isaiah Jackson 26:18 4 10 2 0 1 0 3 2-3 0-0 0-0 -5
T.J. McConnell 17:54 8 5 5 1 1 2 1 4-6 0-0 0-0 -15
Jarace Walker 16:17 6 3 1 0 0 2 2 2-4 1-1 1-2 -7
Garrison Mathews 7:54 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 2-4 0-2 0-0 -15
Johnny Furphy 5:45 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0-1 0-1 0-0 -8
Ethan Thompson 3:36 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0
Tony Bradley 3:36 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 0-2 0-0 2-2 0
Totals 113 52 22 8 6 14 20 43-93 11-34 16-18

Did not play: Gabe McGlothan (DNP - Coach's Decision)

NYK
New York Knicks
New York Knicks 114

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Mikal Bridges GS 37:16 22 8 5 0 1 1 1 9-19 4-9 0-1 +9
Jalen Brunson GS 34:22 25 7 7 3 0 3 3 10-23 3-8 2-3 -16
OG Anunoby GS 33:42 16 6 1 2 0 3 3 5-13 2-7 4-7 +11
Ariel Hukporti GS 26:56 4 5 3 1 2 0 4 1-3 0-0 2-4 0
Mohamed Diawara GS 18:52 5 3 1 1 0 2 2 2-5 0-2 1-2 -6
Jordan Clarkson 29:22 18 3 1 1 0 1 2 6-12 5-9 1-1 +7
Tyler Kolek 26:12 16 6 11 1 1 2 0 7-10 2-4 0-0 +13
Trey Jemison III 18:26 5 5 1 0 1 2 2 2-2 0-0 1-1 +1
Guerschon Yabusele 11:19 3 3 0 0 0 2 2 1-5 1-4 0-0 -17
Pacôme Dadiet 3:33 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 +3
Kevin McCullar Jr. 0:01 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0
Totals 114 46 31 10 5 16 19 43-92 17-43 11-19

Did not play: Tosan Evbuomwan (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

IND
Indiana Pacers
Indiana Pacers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

NYK
New York Knicks
New York Knicks

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 Mikal Bridges: 28 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Jordan Clarkson: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Pascal Siakam OG Anunoby: 22 poss., 4 pts (0/4) · Mohamed Diawara: 13 poss., 7 pts (3/3)
Andrew Nembhard Jalen Brunson: 18 poss., 14 pts (5/9) · Tyler Kolek: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Isaiah Jackson Trey Jemison III: 22 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Ariel Hukporti: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Quenton Jackson Jalen Brunson: 20 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Mikal Bridges: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jay Huff Ariel Hukporti: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · OG Anunoby: 8 poss., 2 pts (0/1)
T.J. McConnell Jordan Clarkson: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Tyler Kolek: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Jarace Walker Guerschon Yabusele: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Mikal Bridges: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Garrison Mathews Mikal Bridges: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Jordan Clarkson: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Johnny Furphy Jordan Clarkson: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Mikal Bridges: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ethan Thompson Jalen Brunson: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · OG Anunoby: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tony Bradley OG Anunoby: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Ariel Hukporti: 3 poss., 2 pts (0/1)

Knicks defense

Defender Guarded most
Mikal Bridges Bennedict Mathurin: 24 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Quenton Jackson: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/4)
Jalen Brunson Andrew Nembhard: 45 poss., 10 pts (4/11) · Quenton Jackson: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/4)
OG Anunoby Pascal Siakam: 26 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Bennedict Mathurin: 17 poss., 2 pts (1/4)
Jordan Clarkson T.J. McConnell: 17 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Bennedict Mathurin: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Tyler Kolek Andrew Nembhard: 12 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Bennedict Mathurin: 11 poss., 4 pts (2/3)
Ariel Hukporti Jay Huff: 21 poss., 1 pts (0/2) · Isaiah Jackson: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Trey Jemison III Isaiah Jackson: 28 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Jay Huff: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Mohamed Diawara Pascal Siakam: 18 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Bennedict Mathurin: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Guerschon Yabusele Jarace Walker: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Pascal Siakam: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Pacôme Dadiet Jarace Walker: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Bennedict Mathurin: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)