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Indiana Pacers vs. New Orleans Pelicans

January 16, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Pacers beat the Pelicans 127-119 on 2026-01-16 at home. The Pacers started Pascal Siakam, Andrew Nembhard, Aaron Nesmith, Jay Huff, and Johnny Furphy. The Pelicans started Zion Williamson, Saddiq Bey, Trey Murphy III, Jeremiah Fears, and Derik Queen. Zion Williamson (Pelicans) scored 15 points (6/11) in his matchups, with Pascal Siakam as his primary defender. Pascal Siakam (Pacers) scored 19 points (8/10) in his matchups, with Zion Williamson as his primary defender.

Box score

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

IND

Indiana Pacers 127

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Pascal Siakam GS	33:52	27	6	5	0	1	1	2	11-22	4-8	1-2	+11
Andrew Nembhard GS	33:18	19	3	10	0	0	3	2	7-13	2-6	3-3	+9
Aaron Nesmith GS	33:00	12	4	1	1	0	0	4	5-13	2-8	0-1	-4
Jay Huff GS	29:15	29	9	1	2	2	0	3	13-17	3-6	0-0	+13
Johnny Furphy GS	28:38	7	4	2	1	1	1	2	3-8	1-4	0-0	+6
Jarace Walker	21:20	6	1	3	0	1	0	4	2-5	2-5	0-0	+2
Tony Bradley	18:45	3	9	3	0	2	0	1	1-4	0-0	1-2	-5
T.J. McConnell	15:37	8	2	9	0	0	1	1	4-8	0-1	0-0	+1
Ben Sheppard	14:47	4	3	2	0	0	0	1	1-4	1-4	1-2	-1
Quenton Jackson	11:28	12	2	1	1	0	1	2	5-7	0-1	2-2	+8
Totals		127	43	37	5	7	7	22	52-101	15-43	8-12

Did not play: Kam Jones (DNP - Coach's Decision), Micah Potter (DNP - Coach's Decision), Ethan Thompson (DNP - Coach's Decision)

NOP

New Orleans Pelicans 119

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Trey Murphy III GS	37:37	22	4	5	1	1	1	3	7-21	5-14	3-4	+1
Zion Williamson GS	33:12	27	6	7	1	0	3	3	10-12	0-0	7-10	+3
Saddiq Bey GS	31:41	20	4	1	0	0	0	3	6-10	2-3	6-8	0
Jeremiah Fears GS	31:18	16	6	5	2	0	0	2	5-9	2-4	4-4	+8
Derik Queen GS	28:06	14	12	3	0	0	1	1	5-11	0-0	4-4	-2
Yves Missi	19:54	2	3	0	0	3	2	1	1-3	0-1	0-0	-6
Jordan Poole	16:36	11	2	1	0	0	1	1	4-7	3-4	0-0	-14
Bryce McGowens	16:25	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	2-3	0-1	0-0	-10
Karlo Matković	14:48	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	1-4	1-2	0-0	-11
Jordan Hawkins	10:23	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	-9
Totals		119	42	22	4	4	8	16	41-82	13-31	24-30

Did not play: Trey Alexander (DNP - Coach's Decision), DeAndre Jordan (DNP - Coach's Decision), Kevon Looney (DNP - Coach's Decision), Micah Peavy (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

IND

Indiana Pacers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Pascal Siakam · Andrew Nembhard · Aaron Nesmith · Jay Huff · Johnny Furphy Starter 11.9 min
T.J. McConnell · Tony Bradley · Aaron Nesmith · Jarace Walker · Ben Sheppard 9.3 min
Pascal Siakam · Andrew Nembhard · Jay Huff · Quenton Jackson · Jarace Walker 9.2 min
Pascal Siakam · Tony Bradley · Andrew Nembhard · Aaron Nesmith · Johnny Furphy 5.0 min
Pascal Siakam · Andrew Nembhard · Jay Huff · Ben Sheppard · Johnny Furphy 1.8 min

NOP

New Orleans Pelicans

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Zion Williamson · Saddiq Bey · Trey Murphy III · Jeremiah Fears · Derik Queen Starter 19.8 min
Trey Murphy III · Bryce McGowens · Karlo Matković · Yves Missi · Jeremiah Fears 7.6 min
Zion Williamson · Jordan Poole · Saddiq Bey · Jordan Hawkins · Yves Missi 4.5 min
Zion Williamson · Jordan Poole · Bryce McGowens · Jordan Hawkins · Yves Missi 3.8 min
Jordan Poole · Trey Murphy III · Bryce McGowens · Karlo Matković · Yves Missi 2.1 min

Who guarded whom

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

Pacers defense

Zion Williamson 15 pts (6/11) in 63 possessions

Guarded by: Pascal Siakam (36 %, 8 pts) · Andrew Nembhard (15 %, 5 pts) · Johnny Furphy (11 %, 0 pts)
Jeremiah Fears 7 pts (3/12) in 61 possessions

Guarded by: Aaron Nesmith (26 %, 0 pts) · T.J. McConnell (22 %, 2 pts) · Andrew Nembhard (17 %, 3 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Pascal Siakam	Zion Williamson: 23 poss., 8 pts (4/5) · Saddiq Bey: 19 poss., 6 pts (2/5)
Andrew Nembhard	Trey Murphy III: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Jeremiah Fears: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Aaron Nesmith	Jeremiah Fears: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Trey Murphy III: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Jay Huff	Derik Queen: 21 poss., 12 pts (5/6) · Yves Missi: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Johnny Furphy	Trey Murphy III: 17 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Saddiq Bey: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jarace Walker	Trey Murphy III: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Karlo Matković: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tony Bradley	Yves Missi: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Derik Queen: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
T.J. McConnell	Jeremiah Fears: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Bryce McGowens: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ben Sheppard	Trey Murphy III: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Bryce McGowens: 5 poss., 1 pts (0/1)
Quenton Jackson	Jordan Poole: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Jordan Hawkins: 4 poss., 4 pts (2/2)

Pelicans defense

Pascal Siakam 19 pts (8/10) in 63 possessions

Guarded by: Zion Williamson (36 %, 12 pts) · Saddiq Bey (16 %, 0 pts) · Trey Murphy III (12 %, 3 pts)
Andrew Nembhard 10 pts (4/7) in 61 possessions

Guarded by: Jeremiah Fears (34 %, 3 pts) · Zion Williamson (14 %, 0 pts) · Saddiq Bey (12 %, 5 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Trey Murphy III	Johnny Furphy: 31 poss., 10 pts (3/10) · Aaron Nesmith: 15 poss., 1 pts (0/2)
Zion Williamson	Pascal Siakam: 22 poss., 12 pts (5/5) · Aaron Nesmith: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Saddiq Bey	Aaron Nesmith: 20 poss., 5 pts (2/4) · Johnny Furphy: 11 poss., 4 pts (1/1)
Jeremiah Fears	Andrew Nembhard: 21 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · T.J. McConnell: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Derik Queen	Jay Huff: 24 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Tony Bradley: 12 poss., 8 pts (3/5)
Yves Missi	Tony Bradley: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Jay Huff: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Bryce McGowens	T.J. McConnell: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Ben Sheppard: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jordan Poole	Quenton Jackson: 10 poss., 6 pts (2/4) · Andrew Nembhard: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Karlo Matković	Jarace Walker: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · T.J. McConnell: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jordan Hawkins	Andrew Nembhard: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Pascal Siakam: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)