Dallas Mavericks 134, Indiana Pacers 130 — Recap

February 22, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Dallas Mavericks 134, Indiana Pacers 130. Scoring by quarter: Q1 DAL 36-33 IND; Q2 DAL 35-33 IND; Q3 DAL 32-29 IND; Q4 DAL 31-35 IND.

Top performers (box score): Pascal Siakam (IND) 30 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 threes on 12-of-19 shooting; Khris Middleton (DAL) 25 points, 7 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 threes on 11-of-15 shooting; P.J. Washington (DAL) 23 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 threes on 8-of-14 shooting; Andrew Nembhard (IND) 22 points, 1 rebounds, 11 assists, 3 threes on 7-of-14 shooting; Jarace Walker (IND) 18 points, 9 rebounds, 6 assists, 4 threes on 6-of-13 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · IND

Pascal Siakam

30 PTS, 8 REB, 3 AST, 2 3PM · 12-19 FG

Scoring · DAL

Khris Middleton

25 PTS, 7 REB, 7 AST, 3 3PM · 11-15 FG

Scoring · DAL

P.J. Washington

23 PTS, 9 REB, 2 AST, 1 3PM · 8-14 FG

Season highs

Khris Middleton · Season-high 25 points

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

📊 Game Flow

DAL 11 largest lead Q4 11:38 (DAL 106, IND 95) · 11-0 run, Q2 8:20–Q2 7:03

IND 3 largest lead Q1 5:52 (DAL 18, IND 21) · 11-0 run, Q1 0:01–Q2 10:38

Swings 8 lead changes Tied 8 times

Ahead for good: Brandon Williams makes 25-foot three point step back jumpshot (P.J. Washington assists) (Q2 4:29, DAL 58, IND 56).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
DAL	36	35	32	31		134
IND	33	33	29	35		130

🧮 How They Scored

DALIND

66Points in the paint48

11Fast-break points9

14Second-chance points12

19Points off turnovers10

45Bench points41

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

60.1%Effective FG%60.6%

9.2%Turnover %12.7%

25.0%Offensive rebound %20.5%

0.340Free-throw rate0.213

Box Score

Dallas Mavericks

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
P.J. Washington F	36	23	9	2	1	1	1	8-14	1-4	6-8	+4
Khris Middleton F	30	25	7	7	1	0	2	11-15	3-5	0-0	+5
Max Christie G	30	16	2	4	0	0	3	6-11	2-4	2-2	-5
Naji Marshall F	26	17	2	2	1	0	2	7-10	0-1	3-6	-1
Marvin Bagley III F	26	12	11	1	1	0	0	5-9	0-0	2-4	-6
Brandon Williams G	22	15	1	7	2	1	2	4-8	1-3	6-8	+15
Daniel Gafford F	22	8	6	2	1	0	0	3-7	0-0	2-4	+10
Klay Thompson G	19	9	3	0	1	0	0	3-11	3-7	0-0	+3
Caleb Martin F	17	7	4	1	1	0	1	3-5	1-2	0-0	+1
Tyus Jones G	12	2	0	3	0	0	0	1-4	0-2	0-0	-6

Indiana Pacers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jarace Walker F	34	18	9	6	2	0	2	6-13	4-7	2-5	+3
Kam Jones G	31	10	0	3	1	0	1	4-4	2-2	0-0	-14
Pascal Siakam F	29	30	8	3	0	0	5	12-19	2-3	4-5	+7
Andrew Nembhard G-F	29	22	1	11	1	0	1	7-14	3-6	5-5	-4
Ben Sheppard G	27	13	3	2	0	0	0	4-9	3-6	2-2	0
Jay Huff F-C	26	9	1	1	1	3	0	4-10	0-6	1-1	-9
Quenton Jackson G	23	11	4	6	0	0	1	4-9	3-4	0-0	+2
Micah Potter F	22	2	6	5	2	0	4	1-7	0-4	0-0	+5
Kobe Brown F	19	15	7	0	1	0	1	5-9	3-4	2-2	-10

🔬 Advanced Stats

Dallas MavericksTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Khris Middleton	Starter	30	25	83.3	23.6	+3.6	16.9
P.J. Washington	Starter	36	23	65.6	20.2	+3.3	11.5
Naji Marshall	Starter	26	17	67.2	21.7	-1.7	9.0
Max Christie	Starter	30	16	67.3	19.0	-7.1	6.6
Daniel Gafford	Starter	22	8	45.7	16.1	+22.2	6.2
Brandon Williams	Bench	22	15	65.1	24.6	+30.0	13.8
Marvin Bagley III	Bench	26	12	55.8	15.7	-16.2	13.4
Klay Thompson	Bench	19	9	40.9	21.6	+9.1	5.7
Caleb Martin	Bench	17	7	70.0	14.0	+13.2	12.2
Tyus Jones	Bench	12	2	25.0	12.5	-27.1	3.4
Dwight Powell	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
AJ Johnson	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Miles Kelly	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Indiana PacersTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Pascal Siakam	Starter	29	30	70.8	36.1	+10.6	15.6
Andrew Nembhard	Starter	29	22	67.9	23.0	-2.2	14.7
Jarace Walker	Starter	34	18	59.2	20.5	+5.6	10.2
Kam Jones	Starter	31	10	125.0	6.9	-17.0	6.7
Jay Huff	Starter	26	9	43.1	15.4	-15.0	3.9
Kobe Brown	Bench	19	15	75.9	21.6	-23.3	16.0
Ben Sheppard	Bench	27	13	65.8	13.5	-3.6	8.1
Quenton Jackson	Bench	23	11	61.1	16.7	+1.5	8.9
Micah Potter	Bench	22	2	14.3	19.3	+7.9	1.3
T.J. McConnell	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Aaron Nesmith	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0