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Indiana Pacers vs. Orlando Magic

December 31, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Magic beat the Pacers 112-110 on 2025-12-31 on the road against the Pacers. The Pacers started Pascal Siakam, Andrew Nembhard, Jay Huff, Bennedict Mathurin, and Johnny Furphy. The Magic started Wendell Carter Jr., Desmond Bane, Jalen Suggs, Paolo Banchero, and Anthony Black. Paolo Banchero (Magic) scored 10 points (4/12) in his matchups, with Pascal Siakam as his primary defender. Pascal Siakam (Pacers) scored 22 points (9/14) in his matchups, with Paolo Banchero as his primary defender.

Box score

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

IND

Indiana Pacers 110

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Bennedict Mathurin GS	37:00	23	5	2	0	0	5	1	4-10	2-6	13-13	-7
Pascal Siakam GS	33:49	26	4	0	2	1	1	5	9-20	3-8	5-10	-6
Andrew Nembhard GS	30:41	19	4	7	1	0	3	2	9-15	1-5	0-0	0
Jay Huff GS	10:31	0	0	1	2	0	2	3	0-3	0-2	0-0	-16
Johnny Furphy GS	5:15	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	-7
Aaron Nesmith	31:36	9	10	0	3	1	0	4	3-11	2-6	1-2	+10
Micah Potter	25:57	8	3	3	0	0	1	3	2-4	1-3	3-3	+23
Ben Sheppard	18:36	12	1	0	0	0	0	1	4-7	2-3	2-2	+7
Jarace Walker	17:44	9	4	0	1	0	0	1	4-7	1-2	0-0	-3
T.J. McConnell	17:19	4	1	8	1	1	3	1	1-4	0-0	2-2	-2
Tony Bradley	11:32	0	5	1	0	0	1	1	0-2	0-0	0-0	-9
Totals		110	39	22	10	3	16	24	36-83	12-35	26-32

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

ORL

Orlando Magic 112

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Paolo Banchero GS	34:47	29	10	4	1	3	5	2	12-21	0-1	5-7	+2
Desmond Bane GS	33:21	18	7	6	0	0	2	3	7-17	1-4	3-3	+2
Anthony Black GS	31:08	15	4	5	2	1	4	3	6-11	0-3	3-3	+7
Wendell Carter Jr. GS	28:56	6	11	2	0	0	0	2	1-4	0-2	4-6	-1
Jalen Suggs GS	25:24	11	3	3	3	0	3	4	4-11	1-4	2-3	+2
Tyus Jones	23:34	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	2-7	0-3	0-0	+3
Goga Bitadze	19:04	14	9	3	0	0	2	2	6-7	0-0	2-2	+3
Tristan da Silva	14:34	0	4	3	0	0	1	3	0-5	0-2	0-0	+5
Jamal Cain	12:19	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	3-4	1-2	4-4	+6
Noah Penda	9:03	4	0	0	1	0	0	2	2-3	0-0	0-0	-14
Jase Richardson	7:50	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	-5
Totals		112	49	28	9	4	19	23	43-90	3-21	23-28

Did not play: Jett Howard (DNP - Injury/Illness), Orlando Robinson (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

IND

Indiana Pacers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Pascal Siakam · Andrew Nembhard · Jay Huff · Bennedict Mathurin · Johnny Furphy Starter 2.4 min
Pascal Siakam · Andrew Nembhard · Aaron Nesmith · Micah Potter · Bennedict Mathurin 10.4 min
Pascal Siakam · Andrew Nembhard · Aaron Nesmith · Jay Huff · Bennedict Mathurin 5.4 min
T.J. McConnell · Aaron Nesmith · Micah Potter · Jarace Walker · Ben Sheppard 4.3 min
Pascal Siakam · Tony Bradley · Andrew Nembhard · Aaron Nesmith · Bennedict Mathurin 3.0 min

ORL

Orlando Magic

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Wendell Carter Jr. · Desmond Bane · Jalen Suggs · Paolo Banchero · Anthony Black Starter 10.3 min
Tyus Jones · Goga Bitadze · Desmond Bane · Jalen Suggs · Tristan da Silva 7.7 min
Wendell Carter Jr. · Desmond Bane · Paolo Banchero · Jamal Cain · Anthony Black 6.2 min
Tyus Jones · Wendell Carter Jr. · Paolo Banchero · Anthony Black · Tristan da Silva 4.0 min
Goga Bitadze · Desmond Bane · Jalen Suggs · Jase Richardson · Noah Penda 3.1 min

Who guarded whom

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

Pacers defense

Paolo Banchero 10 pts (4/12) in 76 possessions

Guarded by: Pascal Siakam (52 %, 8 pts) · Andrew Nembhard (11 %, 2 pts) · Jarace Walker (9 %, 0 pts)
Desmond Bane 12 pts (4/12) in 73 possessions

Guarded by: Aaron Nesmith (37 %, 0 pts) · Andrew Nembhard (13 %, 2 pts) · Bennedict Mathurin (12 %, 4 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Bennedict Mathurin	Jalen Suggs: 17 poss., 9 pts (1/3) · Anthony Black: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Pascal Siakam	Paolo Banchero: 39 poss., 8 pts (3/8) · Anthony Black: 8 poss., 7 pts (3/4)
Aaron Nesmith	Desmond Bane: 27 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Anthony Black: 8 poss., 4 pts (1/4)
Andrew Nembhard	Anthony Black: 22 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Desmond Bane: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Micah Potter	Wendell Carter Jr.: 19 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Goga Bitadze: 13 poss., 4 pts (1/2)
Ben Sheppard	Tyus Jones: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Jalen Suggs: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
T.J. McConnell	Tyus Jones: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jase Richardson: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jarace Walker	Paolo Banchero: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Desmond Bane: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tony Bradley	Goga Bitadze: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Wendell Carter Jr.: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jay Huff	Wendell Carter Jr.: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Paolo Banchero: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Johnny Furphy	Jase Richardson: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Desmond Bane: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Magic defense

Pascal Siakam 22 pts (9/14) in 77 possessions

Guarded by: Paolo Banchero (43 %, 8 pts) · Tristan da Silva (10 %, 0 pts) · Anthony Black (9 %, 2 pts)
Bennedict Mathurin 14 pts (5/14) in 80 possessions

Guarded by: Jalen Suggs (22 %, 3 pts) · Anthony Black (21 %, 4 pts) · Desmond Bane (14 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Paolo Banchero	Pascal Siakam: 34 poss., 8 pts (4/7) · Aaron Nesmith: 14 poss., 4 pts (1/2)
Desmond Bane	Andrew Nembhard: 22 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Aaron Nesmith: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Anthony Black	Andrew Nembhard: 21 poss., 6 pts (3/4) · Bennedict Mathurin: 17 poss., 4 pts (1/1)
Wendell Carter Jr.	Micah Potter: 20 poss., 2 pts (0/2) · Jay Huff: 14 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Jalen Suggs	Bennedict Mathurin: 18 poss., 3 pts (1/4) · Ben Sheppard: 12 poss., 2 pts (0/1)
Tyus Jones	T.J. McConnell: 19 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Ben Sheppard: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Goga Bitadze	Micah Potter: 19 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Tony Bradley: 9 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Tristan da Silva	Pascal Siakam: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Bennedict Mathurin: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jamal Cain	Aaron Nesmith: 7 poss., 2 pts (0/0) · Pascal Siakam: 7 poss., 4 pts (1/1)
Noah Penda	Jarace Walker: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Bennedict Mathurin: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jase Richardson	T.J. McConnell: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Bennedict Mathurin: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)