Indiana Pacers 123, Houston Rockets 117 — Recap

December 26, 2023 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Indiana Pacers 123, Houston Rockets 117. Scoring by quarter: Q1 IND 33-33 HOU; Q2 IND 31-34 HOU; Q3 IND 37-23 HOU; Q4 IND 22-27 HOU.

Top performers (box score): Tyrese Haliburton (IND) 33 points, 6 rebounds, 10 assists, 7 threes on 13-of-21 shooting; Alperen Sengun (HOU) 30 points, 16 rebounds, 5 assists on 11-of-20 shooting; Myles Turner (IND) 18 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists, 2 threes on 5-of-9 shooting; Fred VanVleet (HOU) 18 points, 4 rebounds, 9 assists, 1 threes on 7-of-18 shooting; Tari Eason (HOU) 16 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assists, 1 threes on 7-of-13 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · IND

Tyrese Haliburton

33 PTS, 6 REB, 10 AST, 7 3PM · 13-21 FG

Scoring · HOU

Alperen Sengun

30 PTS, 16 REB, 5 AST · 11-20 FG

Scoring · IND

Myles Turner

18 PTS, 5 REB, 1 AST, 2 3PM · 5-9 FG

Season highs

Alperen Sengun · Season-high 16 rebounds

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	33	31	37	22		123
HOU	33	34	23	27		117

🧮 How They Scored

INDHOU

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

64.0%Effective FG%51.0%

18.0%Turnover %8.6%

25.6%Offensive rebound %30.0%

0.256Free-throw rate0.227

Box Score

Indiana Pacers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Tyrese Haliburton G	38	33	6	10	1	—	3	13-21	7-13	0-1	+15
Andrew Nembhard G-F	34	11	2	6	—	—	6	5-6	1-1	—	+10
Buddy Hield G	33	11	5	5	—	—	—	4-14	3-11	—	-10
Aaron Nesmith G-F	30	10	5	2	—	—	3	3-6	2-4	2-2	+17
Myles Turner C-F	24	18	5	1	—	2	—	5-9	2-3	6-7	+4
Bennedict Mathurin G-F	24	10	4	—	1	—	3	3-9	2-5	2-2	-6
Jalen Smith F-C	23	12	8	1	1	2	1	5-11	1-4	1-1	+11
Isaiah Jackson F	20	11	8	—	1	3	1	3-3	—	5-5	+3
Obi Toppin F	15	7	2	3	1	—	3	2-3	1-2	2-3	-14

Houston Rockets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Fred VanVleet G	40	18	4	9	2	1	3	7-18	1-7	3-3	-11
Alperen Sengun F-C	37	30	16	5	4	—	4	11-20	—	8-9	-8
Jabari Smith Jr. F	34	10	6	—	1	1	—	4-11	0-5	2-2	-13
Tari Eason F	26	16	8	1	2	—	—	7-13	1-2	1-2	+9
Aaron Holiday G	25	15	3	1	1	—	1	6-10	3-6	—	+9
Dillon Brooks G-F	22	9	1	1	1	—	—	4-9	0-1	1-1	-15
Jalen Green G	20	5	1	2	1	—	—	2-7	0-3	1-2	-19
Jae'Sean Tate F	14	5	1	—	1	—	—	2-3	—	1-2	+4
Amen Thompson G-F	12	7	4	—	2	—	1	3-5	—	1-1	+9
Jeff Green F	11	2	—	—	—	—	1	1-1	—	—	+5

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Tyrese Haliburton	Bench	38	33	77.0	28.6	+20.8	24.6
Myles Turner	Bench	24	18	74.5	24.5	+13.4	13.7
Jalen Smith	Bench	23	12	52.4	21.8	+24.0	11.9
Buddy Hield	Bench	33	11	39.3	18.2	-13.9	5.9
Isaiah Jackson	Bench	20	11	105.8	12.2	+9.4	17.6
Andrew Nembhard	Bench	34	11	91.7	14.8	+13.9	6.4
Aaron Nesmith	Bench	30	10	72.7	14.5	+27.0	4.2
Bennedict Mathurin	Bench	24	10	50.6	21.0	-13.2	3.3
Obi Toppin	Bench	15	7	81.0	19.4	-33.6	6.7
T.J. McConnell	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jarace Walker	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Ben Sheppard	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Houston RocketsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Alperen Sengun	Bench	37	30	62.6	30.8	-9.0	23.1
Fred VanVleet	Bench	40	18	46.6	22.9	-13.6	10.5
Tari Eason	Bench	26	16	57.6	21.9	+18.0	12.6
Aaron Holiday	Bench	25	15	75.0	17.2	+16.1	12.6
Jabari Smith Jr.	Bench	34	10	42.1	14.3	-18.8	3.8
Dillon Brooks	Bench	22	9	47.7	16.1	-34.7	6.5
Amen Thompson	Bench	12	7	64.3	18.8	+35.1	10.7
Jae'Sean Tate	Bench	14	5	64.4	11.4	+19.0	5.0
Jalen Green	Bench	20	5	31.7	16.3	-49.9	3.2
Jeff Green	Bench	11	2	100.0	7.4	+29.8	-1.5
Jock Landale	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Cam Whitmore	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0