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Indiana Pacers vs. Dallas Mavericks

October 23, 2026 · 2026-27 season

The Mavericks beat the Pacers 121-105 on 2026-10-23 on the road against the Pacers. The Pacers started Pascal Siakam, Ivica Zubac, Andrew Nembhard, Tyrese Haliburton, and Jarace Walker. The Mavericks started Kyrie Irving, P.J. Washington, Daniel Gafford, Max Christie, and Cooper Flagg. Cooper Flagg (Mavericks) scored 5 points (2/5) in his matchups, with Jarace Walker as his primary defender. Pascal Siakam (Pacers) scored 13 points (6/8) in his matchups, with P.J. Washington as his primary defender.

Box score

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

IND
Indiana Pacers
Indiana Pacers 105

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Andrew Nembhard GS 32:19 16 2 5 1 0 1 1 5-11 1-2 5-5 -6
Tyrese Haliburton GS 32:10 18 6 7 1 2 3 0 8-17 0-4 2-2 0
Pascal Siakam GS 28:58 23 3 3 0 0 5 3 8-13 3-5 4-7 -4
Ivica Zubac GS 23:39 9 11 2 0 1 3 2 4-7 0-0 1-2 -23
Jarace Walker GS 16:55 2 1 1 0 0 4 2 1-2 0-1 0-0 -13
Obi Toppin 25:13 13 5 1 0 1 1 0 5-10 0-2 3-3 -9
Aaron Nesmith 20:04 9 4 1 0 0 1 4 2-7 1-5 4-6 -11
Kelly Oubre Jr. 19:36 3 2 2 1 0 0 0 1-10 1-6 0-0 -16
Quenton Jackson 16:51 8 1 3 1 0 0 5 3-8 1-6 1-1 +6
Jalen Slawson 16:14 4 5 2 2 2 1 2 2-2 0-0 0-2 +7
Jay Huff 5:25 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-1 0-1 0-0 -5
Larry Nance Jr. 1:18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -3
Kobe Brown 1:18 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 -3
Totals 105 42 27 6 6 19 20 39-88 7-32 20-28

Did not play: Johnny Furphy (Inactive - Injury/Illness), T.J. McConnell (Inactive - Injury/Illness), Ben Sheppard (Inactive - Injury/Illness), Braden Smith (Inactive - G League - Two-Way)

DAL
Dallas Mavericks
Dallas Mavericks 121

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Max Christie GS 37:52 16 4 4 1 0 2 4 7-14 2-5 0-0 -2
P.J. Washington GS 33:09 20 13 0 0 3 2 3 6-11 2-4 6-8 -4
Kyrie Irving GS 24:55 24 1 3 1 1 2 6 8-15 5-10 3-3 +8
Cooper Flagg GS 17:00 14 5 6 3 1 3 1 4-6 2-2 4-4 +34
Daniel Gafford GS 14:36 4 3 5 0 2 0 2 2-4 0-0 0-0 +2
Naji Marshall 33:21 15 4 6 3 0 2 3 7-15 0-4 1-2 +1
Zaccharie Risacher 31:46 11 6 1 1 3 0 1 4-11 1-4 2-2 +14
Marcus Sasser 26:48 6 2 3 0 1 1 5 2-5 2-4 0-0 -6
Morez Johnson Jr. 16:49 8 6 0 0 0 2 2 3-5 0-1 2-2 +21
Tobi Lawal 0:56 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 +3
Moussa Cissé 0:56 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1-1 0-0 1-2 +3
Sergio de Larrea 0:56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-1 0-0 0-0 +3
Walter Clayton Jr. 0:56 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 +3
Totals 121 46 28 10 11 14 27 44-88 14-34 19-23

Did not play: Santi Aldama (Inactive - Injury/Illness), Tarik Biberović (Inactive - Injury/Illness), Jett Howard (Inactive - Injury/Illness), Dereck Lively II (Inactive - Injury/Illness), Caleb Martin (Inactive - Injury/Illness)

Lineups

IND
Indiana Pacers
Indiana Pacers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

DAL
Dallas Mavericks
Dallas Mavericks

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
Andrew Nembhard Kyrie Irving: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Max Christie: 12 poss., 4 pts (2/4)
Tyrese Haliburton Max Christie: 18 poss., 4 pts (1/2) · Zaccharie Risacher: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Pascal Siakam P.J. Washington: 22 poss., 5 pts (2/6) · Zaccharie Risacher: 9 poss., 7 pts (3/3)
Obi Toppin Zaccharie Risacher: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Naji Marshall: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ivica Zubac Daniel Gafford: 17 poss., 6 pts (3/5) · Morez Johnson Jr.: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Aaron Nesmith Naji Marshall: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Marcus Sasser: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Kelly Oubre Jr. Max Christie: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Marcus Sasser: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Quenton Jackson Marcus Sasser: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Kyrie Irving: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jarace Walker Cooper Flagg: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Max Christie: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jalen Slawson P.J. Washington: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Max Christie: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jay Huff Morez Johnson Jr.: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Moussa Cissé: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Larry Nance Jr. Tobi Lawal: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Zaccharie Risacher: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kobe Brown Walter Clayton Jr.: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Mavericks defense

Defender Guarded most
Max Christie Tyrese Haliburton: 25 poss., 7 pts (3/6) · Andrew Nembhard: 17 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
P.J. Washington Pascal Siakam: 25 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Obi Toppin: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Naji Marshall Jalen Slawson: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Aaron Nesmith: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/4)
Zaccharie Risacher Obi Toppin: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Pascal Siakam: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Kyrie Irving Andrew Nembhard: 26 poss., 8 pts (2/5) · Quenton Jackson: 4 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Marcus Sasser Quenton Jackson: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Tyrese Haliburton: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Cooper Flagg Jarace Walker: 10 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Aaron Nesmith: 5 poss., 5 pts (1/1)
Daniel Gafford Ivica Zubac: 23 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Andrew Nembhard: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Morez Johnson Jr. Ivica Zubac: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Obi Toppin: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Sergio de Larrea Kobe Brown: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jay Huff: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Moussa Cissé Jay Huff: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Larry Nance Jr.: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tobi Lawal Jarace Walker: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Larry Nance Jr.: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Walter Clayton Jr. Kelly Oubre Jr.: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jay Huff: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0)