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Portland Trail Blazers vs. Indiana Pacers

March 8, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Trail Blazers beat the Pacers 131-111 on 2026-03-08 at home. The Trail Blazers started Jrue Holiday, Jerami Grant, Deni Avdija, Toumani Camara, and Donovan Clingan. The Pacers started Pascal Siakam, Andrew Nembhard, Aaron Nesmith, Jay Huff, and Jarace Walker. Pascal Siakam (Pacers) scored 24 points (9/15) in his matchups, with Jerami Grant as his primary defender. Deni Avdija (Trail Blazers) scored 13 points (6/12) in his matchups, with Jarace Walker as his primary defender.

Box score

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

POR
Portland Trail Blazers
Portland Trail Blazers 131

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Jerami Grant GS 32:01 21 2 1 2 2 3 2 6-10 4-6 5-7 +19
Toumani Camara GS 28:19 7 11 2 0 0 1 1 3-10 1-5 0-0 +23
Jrue Holiday GS 25:22 21 3 3 0 1 2 2 7-10 5-8 2-2 +16
Deni Avdija GS 24:39 18 5 8 0 3 1 1 6-16 0-4 6-6 +3
Donovan Clingan GS 23:40 9 11 3 1 1 2 4 4-7 0-1 1-3 -9
Scoot Henderson 26:17 28 3 6 1 1 0 2 10-15 3-7 5-6 +26
Vít Krejčí 22:14 7 6 1 0 0 1 1 3-10 1-8 0-0 -5
Robert Williams III 20:10 12 7 2 0 0 0 3 6-8 0-0 0-0 +30
Kris Murray 16:30 3 4 0 0 0 1 2 1-2 1-1 0-0 0
Matisse Thybulle 7:40 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 +3
Sidy Cissoko 4:48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-1 0-1 0-0 -4
Hansen Yang 4:10 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1-2 0-0 3-3 -1
Blake Wesley 4:10 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0-2 0-0 0-0 -1
Totals 131 53 29 5 8 12 19 47-93 15-41 22-27

Did not play: Damian Lillard (DND - Injury/Illness), Shaedon Sharpe (DND - Injury/Illness)

IND
Indiana Pacers
Indiana Pacers 111

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Pascal Siakam GS 32:18 22 6 5 2 0 2 2 9-20 0-4 4-9 -19
Jarace Walker GS 30:45 14 3 1 2 0 2 2 5-8 2-4 2-2 -10
Andrew Nembhard GS 27:56 14 2 9 2 0 3 1 5-11 2-4 2-4 -22
Aaron Nesmith GS 24:45 9 1 2 1 0 1 3 4-6 1-3 0-0 -4
Jay Huff GS 21:54 16 6 1 1 5 2 2 5-15 3-10 3-5 -2
Kobe Brown 20:09 8 6 1 0 1 0 3 3-6 2-3 0-0 -3
Ben Sheppard 17:17 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 1-3 1-2 0-0 -15
T.J. McConnell 17:03 6 4 3 0 0 0 0 2-7 0-0 2-2 +1
Quenton Jackson 16:59 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 1-5 0-2 0-0 -12
Micah Potter 15:33 13 4 1 1 0 0 5 4-9 3-7 2-2 -1
Obi Toppin 10:33 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 2-5 0-3 0-0 -17
Kam Jones 4:48 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 +4
Totals 111 38 27 9 6 10 22 41-95 14-42 15-24

Lineups

POR
Portland Trail Blazers
Portland Trail Blazers

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.

Trail Blazers defense

Defender Guarded most
Jerami Grant Pascal Siakam: 26 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · Aaron Nesmith: 11 poss., 4 pts (1/3)
Jrue Holiday Andrew Nembhard: 27 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Quenton Jackson: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Toumani Camara Jarace Walker: 17 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Pascal Siakam: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/3)
Deni Avdija Aaron Nesmith: 20 poss., 7 pts (3/12) · Jarace Walker: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Donovan Clingan Jay Huff: 27 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Micah Potter: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Scoot Henderson Ben Sheppard: 17 poss., 9 pts (3/4) · Andrew Nembhard: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Vít Krejčí Aaron Nesmith: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Kobe Brown: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Robert Williams III Jay Huff: 11 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Obi Toppin: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kris Murray T.J. McConnell: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Pascal Siakam: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Matisse Thybulle T.J. McConnell: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Quenton Jackson: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Sidy Cissoko Quenton Jackson: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Kam Jones: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Hansen Yang Micah Potter: 5 poss., 2 pts (0/0) · Kobe Brown: 1 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Blake Wesley Quenton Jackson: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Kam Jones: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Pacers defense

Defender Guarded most
Pascal Siakam Jerami Grant: 22 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Toumani Camara: 19 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Andrew Nembhard Jrue Holiday: 19 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Toumani Camara: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Jarace Walker Deni Avdija: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Jerami Grant: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Aaron Nesmith Jerami Grant: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Deni Avdija: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jay Huff Donovan Clingan: 24 poss., 5 pts (1/5) · Robert Williams III: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
T.J. McConnell Vít Krejčí: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Scoot Henderson: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Ben Sheppard Scoot Henderson: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Deni Avdija: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kobe Brown Vít Krejčí: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Kris Murray: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Quenton Jackson Scoot Henderson: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Vít Krejčí: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Micah Potter Donovan Clingan: 9 poss., 5 pts (2/4) · Hansen Yang: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Obi Toppin Robert Williams III: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Jrue Holiday: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Kam Jones Sidy Cissoko: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Blake Wesley: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)