Indiana Pacers 145, Chicago Bulls 126 — Recap

April 1, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Indiana Pacers 145, Chicago Bulls 126. Scoring by quarter: Q1 IND 39-33 CHI; Q2 IND 44-33 CHI; Q3 IND 34-26 CHI; Q4 IND 28-34 CHI.

Top performers (box score): Pascal Siakam (IND) 25 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 threes on 11-of-16 shooting; Ethan Thompson (IND) 24 points, 2 rebounds, 5 assists, 5 threes on 8-of-15 shooting; Guerschon Yabusele (CHI) 20 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assists, 2 threes on 6-of-12 shooting; Collin Sexton (CHI) 18 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 threes on 8-of-14 shooting; Matas Buzelis (CHI) 17 points, 9 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 threes on 5-of-11 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · IND

Pascal Siakam

25 PTS, 4 REB, 5 AST, 1 3PM · 11-16 FG

Scoring · IND

Ethan Thompson

24 PTS, 2 REB, 5 AST, 5 3PM · 8-15 FG

Scoring · CHI

Guerschon Yabusele

20 PTS, 6 REB, 1 AST, 2 3PM · 6-12 FG

Season highs

Ethan Thompson · Season-high 24 pointsGuerschon Yabusele · Season-high 20 pointsEthan Thompson · Season-high 5 threes

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

📊 Game Flow

IND 28 largest lead Q3 1:08 (IND 117, CHI 89) · 9-0 run, Q1 2:53–Q1 1:23

CHI 3 largest lead Q1 10:54 (IND 2, CHI 5) · 8-0 run, Q1 1:10–Q1 0:27

Swings 2 lead changes Tied 0 times

Ahead for good: Quenton Jackson makes running layup (Pascal Siakam assists) (Q1 9:50, IND 6, CHI 5).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
IND	39	44	34	28		145
CHI	33	33	26	34		126

🧮 How They Scored

INDCHI

70Points in the paint54

29Fast-break points13

16Second-chance points17

29Points off turnovers11

54Bench points34

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

66.7%Effective FG%55.5%

10.9%Turnover %15.8%

22.0%Offensive rebound %27.3%

0.098Free-throw rate0.264

Box Score

Indiana Pacers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Ethan Thompson G	31	24	2	5	2	1	0	8-15	5-8	3-4	+22
Kobe Brown F	28	17	8	6	0	0	2	8-10	1-3	0-0	+18
Taelon Peter G	27	10	3	0	3	0	1	4-11	2-7	0-0	-6
Kam Jones G	25	9	1	7	2	0	2	4-8	1-4	0-0	-7
Jalen Slawson F	24	8	8	5	2	3	2	3-8	2-4	0-0	+1
Ben Sheppard G	22	13	2	5	2	1	2	6-11	1-5	0-0	0
Pascal Siakam F	21	25	4	5	0	0	0	11-16	1-4	2-2	+22
Jay Huff F-C	17	17	3	3	0	0	2	6-8	5-7	0-0	+23
Quenton Jackson G	17	8	3	6	1	0	1	3-6	0-2	2-2	+24
Micah Potter F	17	8	4	4	1	0	1	2-3	2-3	2-2	0
Obi Toppin F	11	6	3	3	1	0	0	3-6	0-1	0-0	-2

Chicago Bulls

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Matas Buzelis F	29	17	9	6	2	0	4	5-11	3-7	4-4	-18
Rob Dillingham G	29	15	2	3	0	0	2	6-14	2-4	1-1	-7
Collin Sexton G	26	18	3	4	1	1	1	8-14	1-5	1-1	-13
Isaac Okoro F-G	26	14	1	2	1	0	0	4-5	3-4	3-4	-10
Guerschon Yabusele F	25	20	6	1	0	0	1	6-12	2-7	6-8	-15
Tre Jones G	25	15	2	1	0	0	3	7-11	1-1	0-0	-21
Leonard Miller F	23	11	6	0	0	1	1	4-9	1-3	2-4	-12
Lachlan Olbrich C	17	8	8	1	0	1	3	4-8	0-2	0-0	+5
Yuki Kawamura G	16	0	3	3	2	0	1	0-3	0-1	0-0	+5
Patrick Williams F	13	0	4	1	0	0	3	0-4	0-4	0-2	-12

🔬 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	21	25	74.1	30.2	+41.7	19.7
Ethan Thompson	Starter	31	24	71.6	21.1	+38.4	12.1
Jay Huff	Starter	17	17	106.3	25.0	+72.0	15.1
Kobe Brown	Starter	28	17	85.0	17.4	+36.3	13.2
Quenton Jackson	Starter	17	8	58.1	19.0	+66.7	10.7
Ben Sheppard	Bench	22	13	59.1	23.2	0.0	13.2
Taelon Peter	Bench	27	10	45.5	16.9	-5.7	2.2
Kam Jones	Bench	25	9	56.3	15.9	-4.3	8.3
Micah Potter	Bench	17	8	103.1	11.4	+2.9	14.0
Obi Toppin	Bench	11	6	50.0	20.7	+0.2	16.7
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
Andrew Nembhard	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jarace Walker	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Chicago BullsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Guerschon Yabusele	Starter	25	20	64.4	24.2	-28.9	11.5
Collin Sexton	Starter	26	18	62.3	22.1	-22.0	10.6
Matas Buzelis	Starter	29	17	66.6	21.8	-32.8	14.0
Tre Jones	Starter	25	15	68.2	21.2	-33.9	7.6
Isaac Okoro	Starter	26	14	103.6	10.9	-14.7	8.9
Rob Dillingham	Bench	29	15	51.9	19.5	-14.4	5.3
Leonard Miller	Bench	23	11	51.1	18.0	-25.4	5.7
Lachlan Olbrich	Bench	17	8	50.0	20.8	-0.6	6.6
Anfernee Simons	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Patrick Williams	Bench	13	0	0.0	22.9	-34.2	-13.2
Yuki Kawamura	Bench	16	0	0.0	8.3	-1.7	3.2