Indiana Pacers 108, Charlotte Hornets 129 — Recap

April 3, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Indiana Pacers 108, Charlotte Hornets 129. Scoring by quarter: Q1 IND 24-38 CHA; Q2 IND 26-31 CHA; Q3 IND 32-31 CHA; Q4 IND 26-29 CHA.

Top performers (box score): Pascal Siakam (IND) 30 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 threes on 13-of-24 shooting; Brandon Miller (CHA) 22 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 4 threes on 9-of-17 shooting; Kon Knueppel (CHA) 20 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 threes on 7-of-12 shooting; Miles Bridges (CHA) 19 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assists, 3 threes on 7-of-16 shooting; LaMelo Ball (CHA) 18 points, 6 rebounds, 9 assists, 5 threes on 6-of-15 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · IND

Pascal Siakam

30 PTS, 7 REB, 2 AST, 2 3PM · 13-24 FG

Scoring · CHA

Brandon Miller

22 PTS, 6 REB, 3 AST, 4 3PM · 9-17 FG

Scoring · CHA

Kon Knueppel

20 PTS, 4 REB, 4 AST, 3 3PM · 7-12 FG

Season highs

Sion James · Season-high 4 threes

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

📊 Game Flow

IND 4 largest lead Q1 11:20 (IND 4, CHA 0) · 8-0 run, Q4 6:52–Q4 5:26

CHA 27 largest lead Q4 7:09 (IND 91, CHA 118) · 19-0 run, Q3 3:11–Q3 0:01

Swings 5 lead changes Tied 0 times

Ahead for good: LaMelo Ball makes 24-foot three point jumper (Miles Bridges assists) (Q1 9:08, IND 9, CHA 10).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
IND	24	26	32	26		108
CHA	38	31	31	29		129

🧮 How They Scored

INDCHA

56Points in the paint42

23Fast-break points16

9Second-chance points15

13Points off turnovers13

31Bench points43

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

54.3%Effective FG%60.4%

10.1%Turnover %8.1%

23.4%Offensive rebound %26.1%

0.108Free-throw rate0.156

Box Score

Indiana Pacers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Pascal Siakam F	34	30	7	2	2	0	2	13-24	2-4	2-3	-11
Ethan Thompson G	30	3	3	0	0	0	1	1-2	1-2	0-0	-11
Kobe Brown F	28	12	9	4	0	0	2	5-10	1-2	1-2	-16
Quenton Jackson G	25	16	3	5	1	0	1	6-8	2-3	2-3	-12
Ben Sheppard G	25	7	3	2	0	0	0	2-7	1-3	2-2	-10
Jay Huff F-C	24	12	6	4	1	1	2	5-18	2-10	0-0	-7
Kam Jones G	23	7	6	10	1	0	1	3-5	1-2	0-0	-9
Obi Toppin F	20	11	4	1	0	0	1	4-9	3-6	0-0	-5
Taelon Peter G	18	6	2	1	0	0	0	2-5	2-2	0-0	-6
Micah Potter F	13	4	2	0	0	0	1	2-5	0-2	0-0	-18

Charlotte Hornets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Brandon Miller F	30	22	6	3	1	1	0	9-17	4-8	0-0	+10
Kon Knueppel G-F	30	20	4	4	2	0	2	7-12	3-7	3-3	+20
LaMelo Ball G	30	18	6	9	2	0	3	6-15	5-12	1-2	+17
Miles Bridges F	26	19	6	1	0	1	1	7-16	3-5	2-2	+4
Ryan Kalkbrenner C	25	7	8	2	0	3	1	3-7	0-0	1-1	-1
Josh Green G	24	6	2	2	1	0	0	2-5	2-4	0-0	+8
Sion James G	23	13	6	3	1	0	0	4-9	4-8	1-1	+26
Pat Connaughton G	18	7	3	1	1	0	1	2-4	2-3	1-2	-7
Xavier Tillman F	17	2	3	2	0	2	0	1-2	0-0	0-0	+22
Coby White G	14	11	3	4	0	0	1	3-7	1-2	4-4	+5
Tre Mann G	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	2-2	0-0	0-0	+1

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Pascal Siakam	Starter	34	30	59.2	32.9	-18.7	13.9
Quenton Jackson	Starter	25	16	85.8	17.5	-25.6	15.2
Jay Huff	Starter	24	12	33.3	33.9	-17.0	3.4
Kobe Brown	Starter	28	12	55.1	18.8	-29.9	10.1
Ben Sheppard	Starter	25	7	44.4	12.9	-21.7	6.2
Obi Toppin	Bench	20	11	61.1	21.3	-4.1	13.2
Kam Jones	Bench	23	7	70.0	10.5	-15.8	18.1
Taelon Peter	Bench	18	6	60.0	12.5	-15.4	3.2
Micah Potter	Bench	13	4	40.0	19.4	-72.5	-2.3
Ethan Thompson	Bench	30	3	75.0	4.5	-17.5	0.0
Aaron Nesmith	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Charlotte HornetsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Brandon Miller	Starter	30	22	64.7	24.6	+16.1	15.8
Kon Knueppel	Starter	30	20	75.1	20.0	+37.4	14.1
Miles Bridges	Starter	26	19	56.3	29.5	+14.7	8.9
LaMelo Ball	Starter	30	18	56.7	27.5	+31.9	13.8
Ryan Kalkbrenner	Starter	25	7	47.0	13.1	-2.0	8.5
Sion James	Bench	23	13	68.9	17.6	+56.0	14.2
Coby White	Bench	14	11	62.8	27.0	+15.6	16.1
Pat Connaughton	Bench	18	7	71.7	14.3	-10.3	9.0
Josh Green	Bench	24	6	60.0	8.8	+17.8	4.4
Tre Mann	Bench	03	4	100.0	33.3	+16.7	37.0
Xavier Tillman	Bench	17	2	50.0	5.4	+63.4	5.3
Grant Williams	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0