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Washington Wizards vs. Indiana Pacers

February 20, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Wizards beat the Pacers 131-118 on 2026-02-20 at home. The Wizards started Justin Champagnie, Bilal Coulibaly, Tristan Vukčević, Bub Carrington, and Tre Johnson. The Pacers started T.J. McConnell, Jay Huff, Jarace Walker, Ben Sheppard, and Kam Jones. T.J. McConnell (Pacers) scored 9 points (4/9) in his matchups, with Tre Johnson as his primary defender. Tristan Vukcevic (Wizards) scored 19 points (7/16) in his matchups, with Jay Huff as his primary defender.

Box score

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

WAS
Washington Wizards
Washington Wizards 131

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Bilal Coulibaly GS 21:57 13 3 3 1 2 3 1 6-12 1-3 0-0 +16
Bub Carrington GS 21:49 6 5 7 1 0 2 0 3-8 0-4 0-0 +12
Tristan Vukcevic GS 20:14 14 8 1 1 1 1 1 7-12 0-5 0-0 +4
Tre Johnson GS 18:30 14 1 1 1 1 0 0 6-11 1-3 1-1 +3
Justin Champagnie GS 10:42 0 7 1 0 0 2 2 0-1 0-0 0-0 -5
Kadary Richmond 31:16 7 3 4 6 0 2 1 3-7 1-2 0-0 +3
Alondes Williams 29:28 25 10 4 1 2 1 1 9-11 2-4 5-5 +4
Sharife Cooper 27:16 18 3 5 0 0 4 2 8-11 0-2 2-3 +2
Jamir Watkins 23:23 11 4 2 2 0 0 4 5-11 1-5 0-0 +12
Anthony Gill 23:14 11 3 6 0 3 1 2 5-6 0-0 1-2 +8
Will Riley 12:11 12 1 2 1 0 1 1 3-5 0-1 6-8 +6
Totals 131 48 36 14 9 17 15 55-95 6-29 15-19

Did not play: Jaden Hardy (DNP - Coach's Decision)

IND
Indiana Pacers
Indiana Pacers 118

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Kam Jones GS 38:37 4 5 11 2 0 6 1 2-9 0-3 0-2 -7
Jarace Walker GS 30:46 12 12 6 1 0 5 3 3-11 3-9 3-4 -15
Ben Sheppard GS 19:50 8 5 3 1 0 0 1 3-5 0-2 2-4 +13
Jay Huff GS 15:52 22 1 2 0 0 0 1 8-11 5-8 1-2 +12
T.J. McConnell GS 14:44 9 2 2 1 0 2 0 4-8 1-2 0-0 0
Taelon Peter 37:04 12 2 3 4 0 2 4 5-11 2-8 0-0 -17
Kobe Brown 33:21 12 5 0 2 0 0 1 4-9 2-4 2-3 -21
Micah Potter 26:24 18 5 2 1 0 2 1 6-13 4-9 2-2 -16
Quenton Jackson 23:22 21 3 3 0 0 4 4 8-13 1-4 4-4 -14
Totals 118 40 32 12 0 21 16 43-90 18-49 14-21

Did not play: Andrew Nembhard (DND - Injury/Illness), Aaron Nesmith (DND - Injury/Illness)

Lineups

WAS
Washington Wizards
Washington Wizards

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.

Wizards defense

Defender Guarded most
Kadary Richmond Kobe Brown: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Jarace Walker: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Alondes Williams Kam Jones: 15 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Kobe Brown: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Sharife Cooper Taelon Peter: 22 poss., 9 pts (4/4) · Kam Jones: 11 poss., 1 pts (0/1)
Jamir Watkins Kobe Brown: 20 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Kam Jones: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Bilal Coulibaly Jarace Walker: 20 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · T.J. McConnell: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Anthony Gill Micah Potter: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Jay Huff: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Bub Carrington Kam Jones: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Ben Sheppard: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Tristan Vukcevic Jay Huff: 15 poss., 8 pts (4/7) · Micah Potter: 11 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Tre Johnson T.J. McConnell: 12 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Taelon Peter: 8 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Will Riley Taelon Peter: 11 poss., 4 pts (1/1) · Quenton Jackson: 5 poss., 2 pts (0/1)
Justin Champagnie Kam Jones: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · T.J. McConnell: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Pacers defense

Defender Guarded most
Kam Jones Sharife Cooper: 20 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Bub Carrington: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Taelon Peter Sharife Cooper: 16 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Alondes Williams: 15 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Kobe Brown Alondes Williams: 16 poss., 5 pts (1/2) · Jamir Watkins: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jarace Walker Bilal Coulibaly: 18 poss., 1 pts (0/0) · Kadary Richmond: 12 poss., 5 pts (1/1)
Micah Potter Anthony Gill: 16 poss., 2 pts (0/0) · Tristan Vukcevic: 12 poss., 6 pts (2/6)
Quenton Jackson Alondes Williams: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Kadary Richmond: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/4)
Ben Sheppard Bub Carrington: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Justin Champagnie: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jay Huff Tristan Vukcevic: 21 poss., 8 pts (3/3) · Anthony Gill: 7 poss., 6 pts (2/2)
T.J. McConnell Tre Johnson: 11 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Bub Carrington: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)