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Indiana Pacers vs. Phoenix Suns

March 12, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Suns beat the Pacers 123-108 on 2026-03-12 on the road against the Pacers. The Pacers started Ivica Zubac, Andrew Nembhard, Ethan Thompson, Jarace Walker, and Kobe Brown. The Suns started Devin Booker, Royce O'Neale, Jalen Green, Collin Gillespie, and Oso Ighodaro. Jalen Green (Suns) scored 21 points (10/15) in his matchups, with Ethan Thompson as his primary defender. Andrew Nembhard (Pacers) scored 5 points (2/6) in his matchups, with Devin Booker as his primary defender.

Box score

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

IND
Indiana Pacers
Indiana Pacers 108

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Ethan Thompson GS 38:09 11 2 2 1 0 2 5 4-11 2-7 1-1 -3
Jarace Walker GS 25:49 12 6 2 1 0 0 1 3-6 1-2 5-6 -14
Kobe Brown GS 17:49 7 2 2 0 0 2 3 3-9 1-6 0-0 -20
Andrew Nembhard GS 17:04 23 0 2 1 0 0 1 6-7 2-2 9-10 0
Ivica Zubac GS 16:07 8 6 2 0 0 0 1 4-6 0-0 0-0 -3
Jalen Slawson 31:44 10 8 5 2 1 3 2 3-9 1-5 3-4 +6
Kam Jones 25:53 3 1 6 1 0 5 2 1-8 1-4 0-0 -11
Taelon Peter 23:59 6 3 1 1 0 1 1 2-6 2-6 0-0 -17
Micah Potter 16:12 8 4 1 0 0 1 0 2-4 0-1 4-4 -5
Jay Huff 14:08 10 2 0 0 3 1 0 5-11 0-4 0-0 -8
Ben Sheppard 13:06 10 2 1 0 0 1 3 4-5 2-3 0-0 0
Totals 108 36 24 7 4 16 19 37-82 12-40 22-25

Did not play: T.J. McConnell (DND - Injury/Illness), Aaron Nesmith (DND - Injury/Illness), Obi Toppin (DND - Injury/Illness)

PHX
Phoenix Suns
Phoenix Suns 123

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Devin Booker GS 34:40 43 7 5 1 1 2 2 14-31 4-7 11-11 0
Jalen Green GS 34:22 36 3 4 4 0 5 2 14-23 3-9 5-7 +16
Collin Gillespie GS 28:27 4 7 5 1 0 2 1 2-6 0-2 0-0 +14
Royce O'Neale GS 28:00 15 3 1 0 0 0 2 5-8 5-8 0-0 0
Oso Ighodaro GS 25:22 6 5 4 0 3 0 4 2-4 0-0 2-4 +9
Rasheer Fleming 23:09 2 5 1 0 2 1 2 1-4 0-1 0-0 +16
Jordan Goodwin 17:40 6 4 0 1 1 1 2 3-5 0-2 0-0 +13
Ryan Dunn 16:57 5 2 1 1 0 0 3 2-2 1-1 0-0 -8
Khaman Maluach 13:38 4 3 0 0 0 1 1 2-2 0-0 0-0 +1
Amir Coffey 12:31 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 1-1 0-0 0-0 +15
Jamaree Bouyea 4:05 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-2 0-2 0-0 -3
Isaiah Livers 1:09 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 +2
Totals 123 40 21 9 7 12 21 46-88 13-32 18-22

Did not play: Haywood Highsmith (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

IND
Indiana Pacers
Indiana Pacers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

PHX
Phoenix Suns
Phoenix Suns

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
Ethan Thompson Jalen Green: 23 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Royce O'Neale: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Jalen Slawson Devin Booker: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/5) · Ryan Dunn: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jarace Walker Devin Booker: 15 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Royce O'Neale: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Kam Jones Collin Gillespie: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Jalen Green: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Taelon Peter Collin Gillespie: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jalen Green: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Kobe Brown Royce O'Neale: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jalen Green: 7 poss., 7 pts (3/4)
Micah Potter Rasheer Fleming: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Oso Ighodaro: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ivica Zubac Oso Ighodaro: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Khaman Maluach: 7 poss., 4 pts (2/3)
Andrew Nembhard Ryan Dunn: 8 poss., 5 pts (1/1) · Collin Gillespie: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jay Huff Oso Ighodaro: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Khaman Maluach: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Ben Sheppard Devin Booker: 5 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Jalen Green: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Suns defense

Defender Guarded most
Devin Booker Andrew Nembhard: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Jalen Slawson: 12 poss., 7 pts (3/5)
Jalen Green Ethan Thompson: 24 poss., 10 pts (3/6) · Jarace Walker: 15 poss., 7 pts (3/4)
Royce O'Neale Kobe Brown: 15 poss., 6 pts (2/2) · Jarace Walker: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Collin Gillespie Kam Jones: 19 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Ethan Thompson: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Oso Ighodaro Ivica Zubac: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Jay Huff: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Rasheer Fleming Jalen Slawson: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Micah Potter: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jordan Goodwin Taelon Peter: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jarace Walker: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Ryan Dunn Jalen Slawson: 10 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Kam Jones: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Khaman Maluach Ivica Zubac: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Micah Potter: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Amir Coffey Taelon Peter: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Ethan Thompson: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jamaree Bouyea Ethan Thompson: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jarace Walker: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Isaiah Livers