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Indiana Pacers vs. San Antonio Spurs

January 2, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Spurs beat the Pacers 123-113 on 2026-01-02 on the road against the Pacers. The Pacers started Pascal Siakam, Andrew Nembhard, Aaron Nesmith, Micah Potter, and Bennedict Mathurin. The Spurs started Harrison Barnes, De'Aaron Fox, Luke Kornet, Julian Champagnie, and Stephon Castle. Stephon Castle (Spurs) scored 8 points (3/6) in his matchups, with Pascal Siakam as his primary defender. Pascal Siakam (Pacers) scored 16 points (6/13) in his matchups, with Harrison Barnes as his primary defender.

Box score

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

IND
Indiana Pacers
Indiana Pacers 113

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Pascal Siakam GS 35:52 23 9 5 2 0 2 3 10-18 0-2 3-3 -3
Andrew Nembhard GS 35:33 19 6 6 2 0 2 4 7-10 2-3 3-5 -4
Aaron Nesmith GS 29:05 9 3 3 0 1 3 6 3-6 1-2 2-2 +2
Micah Potter GS 27:49 16 6 1 1 1 3 3 5-10 4-8 2-2 +4
Bennedict Mathurin GS 19:46 2 5 3 0 0 1 5 1-6 0-1 0-0 -12
Jay Huff 19:34 2 2 2 0 2 0 1 0-2 0-2 2-2 -16
T.J. McConnell 18:09 14 2 3 2 0 1 1 7-13 0-2 0-0 -4
Ben Sheppard 16:36 8 3 1 1 0 0 1 3-6 2-3 0-0 -17
Johnny Furphy 14:26 7 2 1 0 0 1 3 3-6 1-4 0-0 -12
Jarace Walker 11:13 11 0 0 1 0 1 0 4-6 2-2 1-1 -10
Kam Jones 10:06 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1-3 0-1 0-0 +16
Taelon Peter 0:37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 +2
Quenton Jackson 0:37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 +2
Ethan Thompson 0:37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 +2
Totals 113 39 26 9 4 14 28 44-86 12-30 13-15

Did not play: Tony Bradley (DNP - Coach's Decision)

SAS
San Antonio Spurs
San Antonio Spurs 123

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Stephon Castle GS 33:26 19 8 8 2 0 3 4 6-17 1-3 6-7 +11
De'Aaron Fox GS 32:21 24 7 4 1 0 3 2 10-19 2-9 2-3 +7
Luke Kornet GS 27:17 9 5 3 0 0 1 2 3-3 0-0 3-4 +10
Julian Champagnie GS 25:07 9 8 1 1 0 0 2 2-13 2-11 3-4 -6
Harrison Barnes GS 21:00 5 3 0 0 0 0 2 1-7 1-6 2-2 -15
Dylan Harper 29:07 22 2 1 2 1 1 0 9-15 1-3 3-3 +4
Keldon Johnson 26:21 16 6 1 1 0 2 2 6-9 3-3 1-2 +19
Kelly Olynyk 20:00 10 5 3 1 1 2 2 4-6 1-3 1-2 +4
Lindy Waters III 14:20 7 3 1 0 0 0 0 2-4 2-4 1-1 +21
Carter Bryant 11:00 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 1-5 0-4 0-0 -5
Totals 123 49 23 8 2 12 17 44-98 13-46 22-28

Did not play: Bismack Biyombo (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jordan McLaughlin (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jeremy Sochan (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

IND
Indiana Pacers
Indiana Pacers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

SAS
San Antonio Spurs
San Antonio Spurs

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
Pascal Siakam Stephon Castle: 27 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Harrison Barnes: 13 poss., 4 pts (2/3)
Andrew Nembhard De'Aaron Fox: 20 poss., 6 pts (2/2) · Dylan Harper: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Aaron Nesmith Harrison Barnes: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Julian Champagnie: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Micah Potter Luke Kornet: 25 poss., 10 pts (3/5) · Kelly Olynyk: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Bennedict Mathurin Stephon Castle: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Julian Champagnie: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jay Huff Luke Kornet: 14 poss., 2 pts (0/0) · Kelly Olynyk: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
T.J. McConnell Dylan Harper: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · De'Aaron Fox: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Ben Sheppard Lindy Waters III: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Dylan Harper: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Johnny Furphy Keldon Johnson: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Kelly Olynyk: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Jarace Walker Dylan Harper: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Carter Bryant: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Kam Jones Julian Champagnie: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · De'Aaron Fox: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Quenton Jackson De'Aaron Fox: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Keldon Johnson: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ethan Thompson Dylan Harper: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Carter Bryant: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Taelon Peter Carter Bryant: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Dylan Harper: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Spurs defense

Defender Guarded most
Stephon Castle Bennedict Mathurin: 19 poss., 4 pts (1/1) · Aaron Nesmith: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
De'Aaron Fox Andrew Nembhard: 28 poss., 7 pts (3/5) · T.J. McConnell: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Luke Kornet Micah Potter: 29 poss., 1 pts (0/0) · Jay Huff: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Dylan Harper Andrew Nembhard: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · T.J. McConnell: 9 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Julian Champagnie Aaron Nesmith: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/4) · Kam Jones: 9 poss., 1 pts (0/1)
Keldon Johnson Johnny Furphy: 10 poss., 8 pts (3/3) · Pascal Siakam: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Harrison Barnes Pascal Siakam: 24 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Andrew Nembhard: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Kelly Olynyk Micah Potter: 12 poss., 4 pts (2/4) · Jay Huff: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Lindy Waters III Ben Sheppard: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Pascal Siakam: 6 poss., 6 pts (2/2)
Carter Bryant Andrew Nembhard: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Johnny Furphy: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)