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Indiana Pacers vs. Detroit Pistons

April 12, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Pistons beat the Pacers 133-121 on 2026-04-12 on the road against the Pacers. The Pacers started Ethan Thompson, Micah Potter, Quenton Jackson, Kobe Brown, and Jalen Slawson. The Pistons started Tobias Harris, Duncan Robinson, Paul Reed, Cade Cunningham, and Ausar Thompson. Cade Cunningham (Pistons) scored 6 points (2/8) in his matchups, with Kobe Brown as his primary defender. Obi Toppin (Pacers) scored 5 points (1/1) in his matchups, with Tobias Harris as his primary defender.

Box score

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

IND

Indiana Pacers 121

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Ethan Thompson GS	38:15	18	3	6	1	0	3	2	5-14	3-8	5-6	-3
Kobe Brown GS	34:29	20	7	2	2	0	2	1	7-13	4-7	2-3	-6
Micah Potter GS	34:19	15	11	2	2	0	4	2	6-13	3-10	0-0	-6
Quenton Jackson GS	29:42	21	0	8	3	0	1	1	7-15	1-4	6-6	-8
Jalen Slawson GS	27:07	2	2	4	5	1	0	3	1-2	0-1	0-2	-19
Jay Huff	23:55	13	3	3	1	5	3	6	4-8	2-5	3-3	+3
Kam Jones	19:59	8	1	4	0	0	1	0	3-7	2-4	0-0	-3
Obi Toppin	18:07	21	2	2	0	0	2	1	7-12	7-11	0-0	-11
Taelon Peter	14:07	3	2	0	1	0	0	1	1-6	1-4	0-0	-7
Totals		121	31	31	15	6	16	17	41-90	23-54	16-20

Did not play: T.J. McConnell (DND - Injury/Illness), Ben Sheppard (DND - Injury/Illness), Jarace Walker (DND - Injury/Illness)

DET

Detroit Pistons 133

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Tobias Harris GS	21:49	24	4	1	3	0	0	1	9-12	4-4	2-2	+30
Cade Cunningham GS	21:49	7	8	14	0	0	4	0	3-12	1-6	0-0	+30
Ausar Thompson GS	21:43	7	5	4	1	1	1	3	3-4	0-0	1-2	+28
Paul Reed GS	21:43	26	6	3	3	3	0	1	11-11	0-0	4-4	+28
Duncan Robinson GS	21:43	9	2	2	0	0	1	1	4-5	1-2	0-0	+28
Ronald Holland II	20:27	3	5	2	0	1	1	3	1-5	1-4	0-0	-12
Kevin Huerter	20:25	15	2	3	3	0	0	0	5-10	3-7	2-2	-12
Daniss Jenkins	19:09	2	5	4	1	0	4	2	1-7	0-1	0-0	-17
Isaiah Stewart	16:44	16	5	0	0	1	2	3	7-9	1-2	1-2	-9
Caris LeVert	14:17	6	0	0	0	0	2	1	1-3	1-1	3-4	-9
Javonte Green	11:52	6	3	1	1	0	0	0	2-3	2-3	0-0	-9
Isaac Jones	9:33	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0-1	0-0	2-2	-7
Marcus Sasser	7:02	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1-4	1-3	0-0	-1
Tolu Smith	5:52	5	3	1	0	0	0	1	1-2	0-0	3-4	-4
Chaz Lanier	5:52	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	-4
Totals		133	48	35	12	6	17	17	50-89	15-33	18-22

Lineups

IND

Indiana Pacers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Ethan Thompson · Micah Potter · Quenton Jackson · Kobe Brown · Jalen Slawson Starter 14.3 min
Jay Huff · Ethan Thompson · Micah Potter · Kobe Brown · Kam Jones 5.7 min
Jay Huff · Ethan Thompson · Micah Potter · Quenton Jackson · Kobe Brown 4.6 min
Obi Toppin · Jay Huff · Jalen Slawson · Kam Jones · Taelon Peter 4.5 min
Obi Toppin · Jay Huff · Ethan Thompson · Kam Jones · Taelon Peter 2.8 min

DET

Detroit Pistons

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Tobias Harris · Duncan Robinson · Paul Reed · Cade Cunningham · Ausar Thompson Starter 20.6 min
Caris LeVert · Kevin Huerter · Isaiah Stewart · Ronald Holland II · Daniss Jenkins 8.5 min
Marcus Sasser · Ronald Holland II · Isaac Jones · Chaz Lanier · Tolu Smith 5.9 min
Caris LeVert · Kevin Huerter · Javonte Green · Isaiah Stewart · Daniss Jenkins 4.6 min
Kevin Huerter · Javonte Green · Ronald Holland II · Isaac Jones · Daniss Jenkins 2.5 min

Who guarded whom

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

Pacers defense

Cade Cunningham 6 pts (2/8) in 46 possessions

Guarded by: Kobe Brown (21 %, 0 pts) · Jalen Slawson (17 %, 0 pts) · Quenton Jackson (16 %, 0 pts)
Daniss Jenkins 11 pts (3/6) in 41 possessions

Guarded by: Quenton Jackson (22 %, 3 pts) · Ethan Thompson (19 %, 2 pts) · Kam Jones (16 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Ethan Thompson	Duncan Robinson: 17 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Ronald Holland II: 11 poss., 6 pts (2/4)
Micah Potter	Paul Reed: 21 poss., 3 pts (1/4) · Isaiah Stewart: 9 poss., 8 pts (3/4)
Kobe Brown	Cade Cunningham: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Ronald Holland II: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Quenton Jackson	Ausar Thompson: 21 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Daniss Jenkins: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Jalen Slawson	Tobias Harris: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Cade Cunningham: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jay Huff	Isaiah Stewart: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Paul Reed: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Obi Toppin	Tobias Harris: 15 poss., 6 pts (2/2) · Kevin Huerter: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Kam Jones	Marcus Sasser: 9 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Daniss Jenkins: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Taelon Peter	Duncan Robinson: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Kevin Huerter: 4 poss., 3 pts (1/2)

Pistons defense

Obi Toppin 5 pts (1/1) in 39 possessions

Guarded by: Tobias Harris (38 %, 5 pts) · Javonte Green (17 %, 0 pts) · Duncan Robinson (10 %, 0 pts)
Quenton Jackson 13 pts (5/9) in 66 possessions

Guarded by: Cade Cunningham (29 %, 0 pts) · Daniss Jenkins (16 %, 0 pts) · Ausar Thompson (12 %, 3 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Cade Cunningham	Quenton Jackson: 19 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jalen Slawson: 11 poss., 5 pts (2/4)
Duncan Robinson	Ethan Thompson: 22 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Taelon Peter: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Tobias Harris	Obi Toppin: 15 poss., 5 pts (1/1) · Kobe Brown: 11 poss., 8 pts (3/5)
Paul Reed	Micah Potter: 25 poss., 16 pts (8/8) · Jalen Slawson: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Ausar Thompson	Jalen Slawson: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Kobe Brown: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Kevin Huerter	Ethan Thompson: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Kam Jones: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Daniss Jenkins	Quenton Jackson: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Ethan Thompson: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Ronald Holland II	Kobe Brown: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jalen Slawson: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Isaiah Stewart	Jay Huff: 15 poss., 11 pts (5/7) · Micah Potter: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Caris LeVert	Ethan Thompson: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kobe Brown: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Javonte Green	Kobe Brown: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Obi Toppin: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Isaac Jones	Jay Huff: 7 poss., 2 pts (0/1) · Micah Potter: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Marcus Sasser	Kam Jones: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Micah Potter: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tolu Smith	Jay Huff: 4 poss., 3 pts (0/0) · Micah Potter: 3 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Chaz Lanier	Ethan Thompson: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kobe Brown: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)