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Indiana Pacers vs. Portland Trail Blazers

March 18, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Trail Blazers beat the Pacers 127-119 on 2026-03-18 on the road against the Pacers. The Pacers started T.J. McConnell, Ivica Zubac, Aaron Nesmith, Jarace Walker, and Jalen Slawson. The Trail Blazers started Jrue Holiday, Jerami Grant, Deni Avdija, Toumani Camara, and Donovan Clingan. Deni Avdija (Trail Blazers) scored 8 points (3/8) in his matchups, with Jarace Walker as his primary defender. T.J. McConnell (Pacers) scored 14 points (5/8) in his matchups, with Toumani Camara as his primary defender.

Box score

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

IND

Indiana Pacers 119

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jalen Slawson GS	37:13	17	7	4	1	3	0	3	6-10	2-4	3-3	-4
Jarace Walker GS	32:35	10	7	2	1	1	1	0	4-11	2-4	0-0	-10
Aaron Nesmith GS	26:20	15	3	1	1	0	1	4	6-13	1-5	2-2	-16
Ivica Zubac GS	23:27	18	8	3	0	1	1	1	7-18	0-0	4-5	-9
T.J. McConnell GS	20:23	7	5	10	1	0	2	2	3-5	0-0	1-2	-17
Jay Huff	20:32	11	2	1	0	1	0	3	4-8	1-4	2-2	-8
Quenton Jackson	20:22	13	0	6	2	0	2	2	5-7	0-0	3-3	0
Kobe Brown	20:16	8	2	1	1	0	2	3	3-3	2-2	0-0	+11
Ben Sheppard	18:40	10	1	1	1	1	1	2	4-8	2-3	0-0	-1
Taelon Peter	12:57	10	3	1	1	0	1	2	4-6	2-4	0-0	+5
Kam Jones	7:15	0	1	2	0	0	0	2	0-2	0-1	0-0	+9
Totals		119	39	32	9	7	11	24	46-91	12-27	15-17

Did not play: Andrew Nembhard (DND - Injury/Illness), Micah Potter (DND - Injury/Illness)

POR

Portland Trail Blazers 127

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jrue Holiday GS	32:02	15	3	8	2	0	1	1	5-13	4-8	1-2	+11
Jerami Grant GS	31:56	8	3	1	0	0	0	2	3-11	0-6	2-2	+8
Deni Avdija GS	31:36	32	11	5	0	1	5	2	9-21	1-6	13-16	+10
Toumani Camara GS	30:01	17	2	1	1	0	0	1	7-11	3-7	0-0	+9
Donovan Clingan GS	24:58	28	13	2	1	2	2	2	10-19	3-5	5-6	+8
Scoot Henderson	26:17	9	3	5	0	1	4	4	4-8	1-3	0-0	-5
Robert Williams III	21:29	2	10	2	0	2	1	2	1-2	0-0	0-0	-7
Kris Murray	17:59	8	4	4	0	0	0	0	3-8	2-5	0-0	-1
Matisse Thybulle	13:38	6	2	0	1	1	0	0	2-5	2-4	0-0	+3
Sidy Cissoko	10:04	2	1	4	0	0	0	2	1-3	0-2	0-0	+4
Totals		127	52	32	5	7	13	16	45-101	16-46	21-26

Did not play: Jayson Kent (DNP - Coach's Decision), Vít Krejčí (DND - Injury/Illness), Damian Lillard (DND - Injury/Illness), Shaedon Sharpe (DND - Injury/Illness), Blake Wesley (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

IND

Indiana Pacers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

T.J. McConnell · Ivica Zubac · Aaron Nesmith · Jarace Walker · Jalen Slawson Starter 11.7 min
Jarace Walker · Kobe Brown · Jalen Slawson · Kam Jones · Taelon Peter 7.3 min
T.J. McConnell · Aaron Nesmith · Jay Huff · Jarace Walker · Jalen Slawson 7.1 min
Jay Huff · Quenton Jackson · Kobe Brown · Ben Sheppard · Jalen Slawson 4.4 min
Ivica Zubac · Quenton Jackson · Kobe Brown · Ben Sheppard · Jalen Slawson 4.3 min

POR

Portland Trail Blazers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Jrue Holiday · Jerami Grant · Deni Avdija · Toumani Camara · Donovan Clingan Starter 11.0 min
Jrue Holiday · Jerami Grant · Scoot Henderson · Kris Murray · Donovan Clingan 10.3 min
Robert Williams III · Matisse Thybulle · Scoot Henderson · Kris Murray · Sidy Cissoko 3.5 min
Jrue Holiday · Jerami Grant · Robert Williams III · Deni Avdija · Toumani Camara 2.9 min
Jerami Grant · Matisse Thybulle · Deni Avdija · Toumani Camara · Donovan Clingan 2.9 min

Who guarded whom

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

Pacers defense

Deni Avdija 8 pts (3/8) in 60 possessions

Guarded by: Jarace Walker (24 %, 3 pts) · Kobe Brown (22 %, 0 pts) · Jalen Slawson (19 %, 0 pts)
Scoot Henderson 9 pts (3/8) in 52 possessions

Guarded by: Quenton Jackson (21 %, 2 pts) · T.J. McConnell (19 %, 2 pts) · Ben Sheppard (9 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Jalen Slawson	Jerami Grant: 16 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Kris Murray: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jarace Walker	Jerami Grant: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Deni Avdija: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Ivica Zubac	Donovan Clingan: 21 poss., 10 pts (4/9) · Robert Williams III: 19 poss., 4 pts (2/5)
Aaron Nesmith	Jrue Holiday: 20 poss., 9 pts (4/7) · Jerami Grant: 8 poss., 2 pts (0/1)
T.J. McConnell	Toumani Camara: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Scoot Henderson: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Quenton Jackson	Scoot Henderson: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Toumani Camara: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Kobe Brown	Deni Avdija: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Toumani Camara: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Jay Huff	Donovan Clingan: 12 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Sidy Cissoko: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Ben Sheppard	Matisse Thybulle: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Jrue Holiday: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Taelon Peter	Deni Avdija: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Toumani Camara: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Kam Jones	Scoot Henderson: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jerami Grant: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Trail Blazers defense

T.J. McConnell 14 pts (5/8) in 42 possessions

Guarded by: Toumani Camara (24 %, 2 pts) · Scoot Henderson (17 %, 3 pts) · Jrue Holiday (13 %, 3 pts)
Quenton Jackson 16 pts (6/12) in 39 possessions

Guarded by: Scoot Henderson (32 %, 4 pts) · Jrue Holiday (12 %, 0 pts) · Toumani Camara (11 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Jrue Holiday	Aaron Nesmith: 22 poss., 4 pts (1/2) · Jalen Slawson: 7 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Deni Avdija	Jarace Walker: 20 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Jalen Slawson: 13 poss., 6 pts (2/3)
Jerami Grant	Jalen Slawson: 21 poss., 2 pts (1/5) · Jarace Walker: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Toumani Camara	Jarace Walker: 12 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · T.J. McConnell: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Scoot Henderson	Quenton Jackson: 12 poss., 4 pts (2/4) · Jarace Walker: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Donovan Clingan	Ivica Zubac: 18 poss., 17 pts (7/9) · Jay Huff: 17 poss., 8 pts (3/8)
Robert Williams III	Ivica Zubac: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jalen Slawson: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kris Murray	Jalen Slawson: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Aaron Nesmith: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Matisse Thybulle	Ben Sheppard: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Taelon Peter: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Sidy Cissoko	T.J. McConnell: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Jay Huff: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)