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Indiana Pacers vs. Houston Rockets

February 2, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Rockets beat the Pacers 118-114 on 2026-02-02 on the road against the Pacers. The Pacers started Pascal Siakam, Andrew Nembhard, Aaron Nesmith, Jay Huff, and Johnny Furphy. The Rockets started Alperen Sengun, Jabari Smith Jr., Tari Eason, Amen Thompson, and Reed Sheppard. Alperen Sengun (Rockets) scored 15 points (6/9) in his matchups, with Isaiah Jackson as his primary defender. Pascal Siakam (Pacers) scored 9 points (3/7) in his matchups, with Tari Eason as his primary defender.

Box score

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

IND
Indiana Pacers
Indiana Pacers 114

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Pascal Siakam GS 33:22 27 4 5 1 0 3 3 12-21 2-3 1-1 -8
Aaron Nesmith GS 32:32 17 6 2 0 1 1 1 6-13 3-7 2-3 -6
Andrew Nembhard GS 32:09 7 1 8 1 1 3 1 2-5 1-2 2-3 -9
Johnny Furphy GS 13:51 2 4 1 0 0 0 3 1-1 0-0 0-1 -4
Jay Huff GS 11:43 6 3 1 0 2 0 5 2-7 2-6 0-0 -10
Bennedict Mathurin 34:21 25 4 5 0 0 0 2 8-15 0-2 9-10 -7
Isaiah Jackson 24:51 6 6 4 4 2 2 5 2-5 0-0 2-3 +4
Jarace Walker 22:35 12 4 1 1 0 0 2 5-9 2-4 0-0 +7
T.J. McConnell 15:51 5 0 2 1 0 0 2 2-7 1-1 0-0 +5
Micah Potter 11:26 5 1 2 2 0 1 3 2-3 1-1 0-0 +2
Ben Sheppard 7:19 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 1-1 0-0 0-0 +6
Totals 114 33 33 10 6 10 27 43-87 12-26 16-21

Did not play: Kam Jones (DNP - Coach's Decision)

HOU
Houston Rockets
Houston Rockets 118

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Amen Thompson GS 39:08 16 11 7 2 2 5 4 6-15 0-0 4-5 +13
Alperen Sengun GS 35:20 39 16 5 0 0 5 2 13-25 0-2 13-18 +4
Jabari Smith Jr. GS 35:19 19 4 1 1 1 2 2 6-12 3-6 4-4 +3
Tari Eason GS 33:30 9 10 0 0 1 0 2 3-7 1-2 2-2 -2
Reed Sheppard GS 25:13 11 2 5 2 1 2 2 4-13 1-7 2-2 +2
Aaron Holiday 17:18 8 0 0 1 0 0 2 2-4 2-4 2-2 +8
Dorian Finney-Smith 16:50 4 3 0 1 0 0 2 1-2 0-1 2-2 -8
Jae'Sean Tate 14:05 8 3 0 0 0 0 1 4-4 0-0 0-0 +17
Josh Okogie 12:26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -13
Clint Capela 10:51 4 7 3 0 1 1 0 1-5 0-0 2-2 -4
Totals 118 56 21 7 6 15 17 40-87 7-22 31-37

Did not play: Isaiah Crawford (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jeff Green (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

IND
Indiana Pacers
Indiana Pacers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

HOU
Houston Rockets
Houston Rockets

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
Bennedict Mathurin Amen Thompson: 19 poss., 3 pts (0/0) · Aaron Holiday: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Pascal Siakam Tari Eason: 27 poss., 5 pts (2/6) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Aaron Nesmith Jabari Smith Jr.: 16 poss., 6 pts (2/4) · Amen Thompson: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Andrew Nembhard Amen Thompson: 26 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Tari Eason: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Isaiah Jackson Alperen Sengun: 22 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Clint Capela: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jarace Walker Jabari Smith Jr.: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/4) · Tari Eason: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Johnny Furphy Reed Sheppard: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
T.J. McConnell Aaron Holiday: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Reed Sheppard: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/4)
Jay Huff Alperen Sengun: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Amen Thompson: 2 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Micah Potter Alperen Sengun: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Clint Capela: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ben Sheppard Josh Okogie: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 3 poss., 2 pts (1/1)

Rockets defense

Defender Guarded most
Amen Thompson Aaron Nesmith: 28 poss., 2 pts (1/7) · Bennedict Mathurin: 20 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Jabari Smith Jr. Jarace Walker: 17 poss., 2 pts (0/2) · Bennedict Mathurin: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Alperen Sengun Isaiah Jackson: 23 poss., 7 pts (2/6) · Jay Huff: 13 poss., 12 pts (4/6)
Tari Eason Pascal Siakam: 23 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Andrew Nembhard: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Reed Sheppard Andrew Nembhard: 18 poss., 4 pts (1/3) · T.J. McConnell: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/3)
Aaron Holiday T.J. McConnell: 13 poss., 6 pts (2/2) · Andrew Nembhard: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Dorian Finney-Smith Bennedict Mathurin: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Pascal Siakam: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jae'Sean Tate Pascal Siakam: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Isaiah Jackson: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Josh Okogie Andrew Nembhard: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Ben Sheppard: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Clint Capela Isaiah Jackson: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Micah Potter: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)