Indiana Pacers 100, Denver Nuggets 117 — Recap

November 8, 2025 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Indiana Pacers 100, Denver Nuggets 117. Scoring by quarter: Q1 IND 18-31 DEN; Q2 IND 29-25 DEN; Q3 IND 35-39 DEN; Q4 IND 18-22 DEN.

Top performers (box score): Nikola Jokic (DEN) 32 points, 14 rebounds, 14 assists, 1 threes on 10-of-14 shooting; Aaron Nesmith (IND) 25 points, 1 rebounds, 0 assists, 3 threes on 7-of-10 shooting; Andrew Nembhard (IND) 22 points, 0 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 threes on 7-of-20 shooting; Tim Hardaway Jr. (DEN) 17 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists, 5 threes on 6-of-13 shooting; Peyton Watson (DEN) 16 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assists, 1 threes on 7-of-13 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DEN

Nikola Jokic

32 PTS, 14 REB, 14 AST, 1 3PM · 10-14 FG

Scoring · IND

Aaron Nesmith

25 PTS, 1 REB, 0 AST, 3 3PM · 7-10 FG

Scoring · IND

Andrew Nembhard

22 PTS, 0 REB, 6 AST, 2 3PM · 7-20 FG

Season highs

Andrew Nembhard · Season-high 22 pointsTim Hardaway Jr. · Season-high 5 threes

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

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
IND	18	29	35	18		100
DEN	31	25	39	22		117

🧮 How They Scored

INDDEN

40Points in the paint72

7Fast-break points16

11Second-chance points19

14Points off turnovers17

22Bench points47

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

41.9%Effective FG%52.7%

10.1%Turnover %13.4%

27.3%Offensive rebound %39.5%

0.326Free-throw rate0.247

Box Score

Indiana Pacers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Andrew Nembhard G-F	33	22	0	6	0	0	3	7-20	2-10	6-6	-16
Pascal Siakam F	33	14	6	5	0	0	2	5-16	0-2	4-6	-16
Aaron Nesmith G-F	26	25	1	0	4	0	1	7-10	3-4	8-8	+1
Ben Sheppard G	23	5	2	0	0	0	1	2-8	1-5	0-0	-24
Jarace Walker F	22	8	5	2	0	0	1	3-7	1-4	1-2	+7
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl F	19	7	5	1	1	0	1	3-8	1-2	0-0	-22
Isaiah Jackson F	19	4	6	1	3	0	0	1-5	0-0	2-4	-5
Tony Bradley C	16	6	5	3	0	0	1	3-4	0-0	0-0	-8
Jay Huff F-C	15	4	6	1	0	4	1	1-5	0-3	2-2	+1
RayJ Dennis G	5	0	2	1	0	0	0	0-3	0-2	0-0	+4

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Nikola Jokic C	32	32	14	14	1	0	8	10-14	1-1	11-12	+9
Peyton Watson G	27	16	7	1	3	0	1	7-13	1-4	1-1	+1
Cameron Johnson F	27	12	2	4	2	0	0	5-11	0-3	2-2	+1
Christian Braun G	27	8	5	2	1	0	2	3-8	0-2	2-3	-1
Tim Hardaway Jr. G	24	17	3	4	0	0	1	6-13	5-9	0-0	+24
Bruce Brown G	24	6	7	0	1	0	1	3-7	0-1	0-0	+23
Julian Strawther G	22	12	6	2	0	0	0	5-10	0-3	2-3	+20
Spencer Jones F	20	6	1	2	0	1	0	2-4	1-2	1-2	+14
Jalen Pickett G	18	2	1	0	0	0	1	1-4	0-1	0-0	-13
Jonas Valanciunas C	14	6	5	3	0	1	1	3-6	0-0	0-0	+13
Zeke Nnaji F-C	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0-1	0-1	0-0	-3
Hunter Tyson F	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0-2	0-0	0-0	-3

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Aaron Nesmith	Starter	26	25	92.5	20.6	+1.8	21.6
Andrew Nembhard	Starter	33	22	48.6	30.1	-27.0	7.5
Pascal Siakam	Starter	33	14	37.6	23.5	-27.0	4.8
Jarace Walker	Starter	22	8	50.8	16.4	+12.5	7.8
Isaiah Jackson	Starter	19	4	29.6	15.2	-11.9	8.0
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl	Bench	19	7	43.8	16.7	-57.4	6.8
Tony Bradley	Bench	16	6	75.0	10.9	-27.7	8.0
Ben Sheppard	Bench	23	5	31.3	14.5	-50.4	-2.6
Jay Huff	Bench	15	4	34.0	18.4	+0.7	8.5
RayJ Dennis	Bench	5	0	0.0	20.0	+33.3	-5.3
Taelon Peter	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Denver NuggetsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Nikola Jokic	Starter	32	32	83.0	35.0	+14.9	29.5
Peyton Watson	Starter	27	16	59.5	20.6	+3.7	12.5
Cameron Johnson	Starter	27	12	50.5	15.7	+3.8	11.1
Christian Braun	Starter	27	8	42.9	15.9	+0.3	5.3
Jalen Pickett	Starter	18	2	25.0	10.6	-33.3	-4.5
Tim Hardaway Jr.	Bench	24	17	65.4	24.1	+50.1	14.9
Julian Strawther	Bench	22	12	53.0	19.6	+51.1	17.2
Bruce Brown	Bench	24	6	42.9	14.5	+48.8	6.9
Jonas Valanciunas	Bench	14	6	50.0	20.6	+44.8	26.2
Spencer Jones	Bench	20	6	61.5	10.2	+35.5	8.6
Zeke Nnaji	Bench	3	0	0.0	22.2	-33.9	-100.0
Hunter Tyson	Bench	3	0	0.0	22.2	-33.9	16.7