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Indiana Pacers vs. Denver Nuggets

December 3, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Nuggets beat the Pacers 135-120 on 2025-12-03 on the road against the Pacers. The Pacers started Pascal Siakam, Andrew Nembhard, Jay Huff, Bennedict Mathurin, and Ben Sheppard. The Nuggets started Nikola Jokić, Jamal Murray, Cameron Johnson, Peyton Watson, and Spencer Jones. Nikola Jokić (Nuggets) scored 20 points (9/14) in his matchups, with Jay Huff as his primary defender. Pascal Siakam (Pacers) scored 25 points (8/11) in his matchups, with Peyton Watson as his primary defender.

Box score

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

IND

Indiana Pacers 120

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Pascal Siakam GS	33:42	23	3	4	0	0	1	5	7-16	3-5	6-8	-3
Andrew Nembhard GS	28:17	16	3	7	0	1	1	1	5-11	2-3	4-6	-18
Bennedict Mathurin GS	28:12	15	7	2	0	0	4	2	5-10	2-3	3-3	-25
Ben Sheppard GS	17:55	14	5	2	2	0	1	1	5-5	3-3	1-2	+3
Jay Huff GS	17:44	3	1	2	0	2	0	3	1-6	1-6	0-0	-2
Jarace Walker	21:36	11	3	0	0	0	1	2	4-7	1-2	2-2	-24
Garrison Mathews	19:48	9	0	1	0	0	0	1	3-4	1-2	2-2	+10
Isaiah Jackson	16:39	6	6	0	1	0	0	3	3-4	0-0	0-0	-3
T.J. McConnell	16:31	14	1	6	3	1	1	3	7-10	0-0	0-0	+3
Johnny Furphy	16:23	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	-6
Tony Bradley	13:37	7	4	0	0	1	1	2	1-2	0-0	5-6	-10
Taelon Peter	3:12	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	0
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl	3:12	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1-4	0-2	0-0	0
Ethan Thompson	3:12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0
Totals		120	38	24	6	5	12	24	42-81	13-28	23-29

DEN

Denver Nuggets 135

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Peyton Watson GS	36:25	11	7	0	1	3	0	4	3-8	1-3	4-5	+22
Jamal Murray GS	36:07	52	6	4	1	0	1	0	19-25	10-11	4-5	+23
Nikola Jokić GS	35:17	24	8	13	0	1	4	2	9-17	1-4	5-5	+26
Cameron Johnson GS	33:42	9	4	4	1	0	1	4	3-7	2-3	1-2	+16
Spencer Jones GS	17:22	1	3	0	0	0	0	4	0-1	0-1	1-2	+18
Tim Hardaway Jr.	27:13	11	0	1	1	0	0	0	4-8	2-4	1-1	-11
Bruce Brown	26:14	14	4	0	0	1	2	3	6-7	1-1	1-2	-1
Zeke Nnaji	11:35	2	2	1	1	0	1	1	1-1	0-0	0-0	-7
Jonas Valančiūnas	11:02	9	3	0	1	0	1	3	3-5	0-0	3-4	-11
Curtis Jones	1:41	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1-2	0-0	0-0	0
Hunter Tyson	1:41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0
Jalen Pickett	1:41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	0
Totals		135	38	23	6	5	10	21	49-83	17-28	20-26

Lineups

IND

Indiana Pacers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Pascal Siakam · Andrew Nembhard · Jay Huff · Bennedict Mathurin · Ben Sheppard Starter 11.9 min
T.J. McConnell · Pascal Siakam · Garrison Mathews · Isaiah Jackson · Johnny Furphy 6.5 min
T.J. McConnell · Pascal Siakam · Tony Bradley · Garrison Mathews · Jarace Walker 4.9 min
Garrison Mathews · Jeremiah Robinson-Earl · Isaiah Jackson · Ethan Thompson · Taelon Peter 3.2 min
Tony Bradley · Andrew Nembhard · Bennedict Mathurin · Jarace Walker · Johnny Furphy 2.9 min

DEN

Denver Nuggets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Nikola Jokić · Jamal Murray · Cameron Johnson · Peyton Watson · Spencer Jones Starter 15.1 min
Nikola Jokić · Jamal Murray · Bruce Brown · Cameron Johnson · Peyton Watson 4.0 min
Tim Hardaway Jr. · Nikola Jokić · Bruce Brown · Cameron Johnson · Peyton Watson 4.0 min
Tim Hardaway Jr. · Nikola Jokić · Jamal Murray · Bruce Brown · Peyton Watson 3.5 min
Jonas Valanciunas · Tim Hardaway Jr. · Jamal Murray · Bruce Brown · Zeke Nnaji 3.2 min

Who guarded whom

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

Pacers defense

Nikola Jokić 20 pts (9/14) in 72 possessions

Guarded by: Jay Huff (24 %, 3 pts) · Tony Bradley (22 %, 2 pts) · Isaiah Jackson (17 %, 0 pts)
Jamal Murray 8 pts (3/8) in 71 possessions

Guarded by: Ben Sheppard (18 %, 5 pts) · Andrew Nembhard (16 %, 0 pts) · Bennedict Mathurin (14 %, 3 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Pascal Siakam	Peyton Watson: 26 poss., 8 pts (2/5) · Zeke Nnaji: 9 poss., 2 pts (0/1)
Andrew Nembhard	Spencer Jones: 13 poss., 2 pts (0/0) · Peyton Watson: 12 poss., 7 pts (3/5)
Bennedict Mathurin	Cameron Johnson: 15 poss., 4 pts (1/1) · Peyton Watson: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Jarace Walker	Cameron Johnson: 17 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Tim Hardaway Jr.: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Garrison Mathews	Tim Hardaway Jr.: 22 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Peyton Watson: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
T.J. McConnell	Bruce Brown: 15 poss., 6 pts (3/3) · Jamal Murray: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Ben Sheppard	Jamal Murray: 13 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Cameron Johnson: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Jay Huff	Nikola Jokić: 17 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Jamal Murray: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Johnny Furphy	Jamal Murray: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Tim Hardaway Jr.: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Isaiah Jackson	Nikola Jokić: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jonas Valanciunas: 6 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Tony Bradley	Nikola Jokić: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Peyton Watson: 4 poss., 3 pts (0/0)
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl	Tim Hardaway Jr.: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Cameron Johnson: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ethan Thompson	Jalen Pickett: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Peyton Watson: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Taelon Peter	Bruce Brown: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Cameron Johnson: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Nuggets defense

Pascal Siakam 25 pts (8/11) in 70 possessions

Guarded by: Peyton Watson (30 %, 6 pts) · Spencer Jones (23 %, 1 pts) · Zeke Nnaji (15 %, 2 pts)
Bennedict Mathurin 14 pts (6/8) in 58 possessions

Guarded by: Cameron Johnson (35 %, 0 pts) · Peyton Watson (17 %, 0 pts) · Jamal Murray (15 %, 5 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Jamal Murray	Andrew Nembhard: 26 poss., 16 pts (6/6) · Ben Sheppard: 9 poss., 8 pts (3/4)
Peyton Watson	Pascal Siakam: 21 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · Ben Sheppard: 12 poss., 2 pts (0/1)
Nikola Jokić	Jay Huff: 21 poss., 4 pts (2/4) · Tony Bradley: 18 poss., 4 pts (1/2)
Cameron Johnson	Jarace Walker: 23 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Bennedict Mathurin: 20 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Tim Hardaway Jr.	Garrison Mathews: 22 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · T.J. McConnell: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Bruce Brown	T.J. McConnell: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Johnny Furphy: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Spencer Jones	Pascal Siakam: 16 poss., 1 pts (0/0) · Bennedict Mathurin: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Zeke Nnaji	Pascal Siakam: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Johnny Furphy: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jonas Valanciunas	Isaiah Jackson: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Tony Bradley: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Curtis Jones	Taelon Peter: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Ethan Thompson: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Hunter Tyson	Garrison Mathews: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jeremiah Robinson-Earl: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jalen Pickett	Ethan Thompson: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Taelon Peter: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)