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Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Indiana Pacers

January 23, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Pacers beat the Thunder 117-114 on 2026-01-23 on the road against the Thunder. The Thunder started Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Luguentz Dort, Isaiah Joe, Chet Holmgren, and Cason Wallace. The Pacers started Pascal Siakam, Andrew Nembhard, Aaron Nesmith, Jarace Walker, and Johnny Furphy. Pascal Siakam (Pacers) scored 11 points (5/11) in his matchups, with Chet Holmgren as his primary defender. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (Thunder) scored 11 points (4/6) in his matchups, with Aaron Nesmith as his primary defender.

Box score

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

OKC
Oklahoma City Thunder
Oklahoma City Thunder 114

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Luguentz Dort GS 35:02 2 3 1 0 0 1 2 1-9 0-5 0-0 -17
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander GS 34:42 47 4 4 1 1 1 2 17-28 1-4 12-12 +4
Chet Holmgren GS 33:16 25 13 3 0 3 0 3 8-14 2-4 7-8 +13
Cason Wallace GS 30:17 10 5 1 2 0 0 3 3-7 3-4 1-2 0
Isaiah Joe GS 30:07 7 2 1 0 0 1 4 2-7 0-5 3-3 +7
Kenrich Williams 28:20 12 7 4 1 1 0 3 5-8 0-2 2-3 -7
Jaylin Williams 21:41 2 5 3 0 1 4 3 0-1 0-0 2-2 -2
Ousmane Dieng 13:30 7 2 1 0 2 0 0 3-5 1-2 0-0 +5
Branden Carlson 7:11 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 1-3 0-0 0-0 -12
Brooks Barnhizer 5:55 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 -6
Totals 114 41 18 4 8 9 22 40-82 7-26 27-30

Did not play: Aaron Wiggins (DND - Injury/Illness), Chris Youngblood (DNP - Coach's Decision)

IND
Indiana Pacers
Indiana Pacers 117

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Pascal Siakam GS 37:05 21 6 6 0 0 1 1 9-20 2-6 1-3 -6
Andrew Nembhard GS 36:22 27 7 11 0 0 3 4 10-16 4-7 3-4 +16
Aaron Nesmith GS 36:07 17 5 5 0 0 2 5 7-14 3-5 0-0 0
Johnny Furphy GS 33:15 4 10 3 1 1 0 3 2-9 0-3 0-0 0
Jarace Walker GS 30:35 26 4 3 2 0 2 5 8-15 3-6 7-11 +9
Micah Potter 24:59 10 10 1 0 0 0 0 4-9 2-7 0-0 0
T.J. McConnell 18:59 6 2 3 2 0 0 3 3-9 0-1 0-0 -5
Ben Sheppard 14:04 6 1 2 0 0 0 2 2-4 2-3 0-0 -3
Isaiah Jackson 6:13 0 6 0 0 0 2 1 0-0 0-0 0-2 +5
Jay Huff 2:22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -1
Totals 117 51 34 5 1 10 24 45-96 16-38 11-20

Did not play: Tony Bradley, Kam Jones (DNP - Coach's Decision), Ethan Thompson (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

OKC
Oklahoma City Thunder
Oklahoma City Thunder

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

IND
Indiana Pacers
Indiana Pacers

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.

Thunder defense

Defender Guarded most
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Andrew Nembhard: 27 poss., 9 pts (2/5) · Aaron Nesmith: 24 poss., 17 pts (7/10)
Luguentz Dort Andrew Nembhard: 21 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · T.J. McConnell: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Chet Holmgren Micah Potter: 22 poss., 6 pts (2/6) · Pascal Siakam: 19 poss., 7 pts (3/3)
Isaiah Joe Johnny Furphy: 27 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Ben Sheppard: 11 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Cason Wallace Aaron Nesmith: 20 poss., 6 pts (2/4) · Jarace Walker: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kenrich Williams Jarace Walker: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Pascal Siakam: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jaylin Williams Johnny Furphy: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jarace Walker: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ousmane Dieng Jarace Walker: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Aaron Nesmith: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Branden Carlson Isaiah Jackson: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Micah Potter: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Brooks Barnhizer Pascal Siakam: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Ben Sheppard: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Pacers defense

Defender Guarded most
Pascal Siakam Luguentz Dort: 24 poss., 3 pts (1/4) · Kenrich Williams: 22 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Andrew Nembhard Cason Wallace: 25 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Luguentz Dort: 18 poss., 7 pts (3/3)
Aaron Nesmith Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 21 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Cason Wallace: 17 poss., 7 pts (3/4)
Johnny Furphy Isaiah Joe: 19 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Chet Holmgren: 14 poss., 4 pts (2/6)
Jarace Walker Jaylin Williams: 16 poss., 4 pts (2/4) · Chet Holmgren: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/4)
Micah Potter Chet Holmgren: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Ousmane Dieng: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
T.J. McConnell Kenrich Williams: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Ousmane Dieng: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/4)
Ben Sheppard Isaiah Joe: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Isaiah Jackson Branden Carlson: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jay Huff Chet Holmgren: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Branden Carlson: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)