Indiana Pacers 116, Miami Heat 142 — Recap

December 27, 2025 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Indiana Pacers 116, Miami Heat 142. Scoring by quarter: Q1 IND 28-29 MIA; Q2 IND 32-30 MIA; Q3 IND 34-39 MIA; Q4 IND 22-44 MIA.

Top performers (box score): Pascal Siakam (IND) 33 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 threes on 14-of-21 shooting; Andrew Wiggins (MIA) 28 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 4 threes on 12-of-16 shooting; Jaime Jaquez Jr. (MIA) 28 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 threes on 11-of-15 shooting; Bennedict Mathurin (IND) 25 points, 6 rebounds, 0 assists, 3 threes on 9-of-16 shooting; Norman Powell (MIA) 23 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 threes on 7-of-19 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · IND

Pascal Siakam

33 PTS, 7 REB, 5 AST, 4 3PM · 14-21 FG

Scoring · MIA

Andrew Wiggins

28 PTS, 6 REB, 3 AST, 4 3PM · 12-16 FG

Scoring · MIA

Jaime Jaquez Jr.

28 PTS, 6 REB, 3 AST, 1 3PM · 11-15 FG

Season highs

Andrew Nembhard · Season-high 16 assists

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 Q3 4:07 (IND 86, MIA 82) · 8-0 run, Q2 3:27–Q2 2:30

MIA 24 largest lead Q4 1:08 (IND 116, MIA 140) · 11-0 run, Q3 0:54–Q4 10:52

Swings 21 lead changes Tied 12 times

Ahead for good: Andrew Wiggins makes two point shot (Q3 0:32, IND 94, MIA 96).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
IND	28	32	34	22		116
MIA	29	30	39	44		142

🧮 How They Scored

INDMIA

56Points in the paint78

16Fast-break points30

14Second-chance points24

19Points off turnovers38

23Bench points60

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

55.9%Effective FG%57.0%

20.6%Turnover %7.9%

31.9%Offensive rebound %36.2%

0.172Free-throw rate0.196

Box Score

Indiana Pacers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Bennedict Mathurin G-F	35	25	6	0	2	0	5	9-16	3-7	4-5	-17
Pascal Siakam F	34	33	7	5	2	0	5	14-21	4-6	1-1	-14
Andrew Nembhard G-F	34	15	3	16	0	0	3	7-17	1-6	0-0	-10
Jay Huff F-C	22	11	1	2	1	3	1	5-8	1-3	0-0	+5
Johnny Furphy G	21	9	7	1	1	0	1	4-6	0-1	1-1	-13
Jarace Walker F	21	3	3	1	0	0	3	0-1	0-1	3-4	+5
Aaron Nesmith G-F	19	9	5	1	0	2	1	3-9	3-8	0-0	-26
Quenton Jackson G	14	4	0	3	0	0	3	1-3	0-0	2-2	-16
Ethan Thompson G	12	0	3	0	0	0	3	0-2	0-1	0-1	-10
Tony Bradley C	11	3	4	0	0	0	1	1-1	0-0	1-2	-9
Micah Potter F	11	2	4	1	0	0	0	1-4	0-2	0-0	-15
Kam Jones G	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	1-4	0-2	0-0	-5
Taelon Peter G	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-5

Miami Heat

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Andrew Wiggins F-G	31	28	6	3	3	1	2	12-16	4-4	0-0	+13
Jaime Jaquez Jr. G	29	28	6	3	1	0	2	11-15	1-1	5-5	+3
Kel'el Ware C	29	15	7	0	3	1	0	7-11	1-3	0-0	+4
Norman Powell F-G	28	23	5	2	2	1	1	7-19	1-3	8-8	+6
Pelle Larsson G	27	16	4	7	0	1	0	5-7	1-1	5-6	+18
Nikola Jovic F	25	19	7	7	2	0	2	7-14	3-8	2-2	+35
Dru Smith G	23	5	5	3	1	1	2	2-6	1-2	0-0	+18
Kasparas Jakučionis G	22	4	3	2	3	0	1	2-8	0-3	0-0	+11
Davion Mitchell G	19	0	2	5	2	0	0	0-6	0-3	0-0	+8
Simone Fontecchio F	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	1-3	0-2	0-0	+5
Keshad Johnson F	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	+7
Myron Gardner F	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	+2

🔬 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	33	77.0	28.3	-19.4	15.9
Bennedict Mathurin	Starter	35	25	68.7	24.5	-21.0	9.5
Andrew Nembhard	Starter	34	15	44.1	21.5	-12.7	9.1
Jay Huff	Starter	22	11	68.8	17.3	+10.4	8.4
Johnny Furphy	Starter	21	9	69.9	14.3	-28.9	10.3
Aaron Nesmith	Bench	19	9	50.0	17.5	-49.7	5.8
Quenton Jackson	Bench	14	4	51.5	21.2	-49.1	0.0
Tony Bradley	Bench	11	3	79.8	9.7	-28.4	1.7
Jarace Walker	Bench	21	3	54.3	10.3	+7.3	0.8
Micah Potter	Bench	11	2	25.0	12.9	-59.6	7.5
Kam Jones	Bench	3	2	25.0	50.0	-66.7	-14.3
Ethan Thompson	Bench	12	0	0.0	17.9	-35.2	-13.2
Taelon Peter	Bench	03	0	0.0	12.5	-66.7	-14.3

Miami HeatTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Andrew Wiggins	Starter	31	28	87.5	22.0	+20.5	17.5
Norman Powell	Starter	28	23	51.1	29.9	+9.1	12.1
Pelle Larsson	Starter	27	16	83.0	13.9	+24.8	13.1
Kel'el Ware	Starter	29	15	68.2	14.5	+4.4	13.2
Davion Mitchell	Starter	19	0	0.0	12.5	+25.4	-1.6
Jaime Jaquez Jr.	Bench	29	28	81.4	24.1	+2.7	18.3
Nikola Jovic	Bench	25	19	63.8	25.4	+63.1	22.1
Dru Smith	Bench	23	5	41.7	11.9	+31.0	5.5
Kasparas Jakučionis	Bench	22	4	25.0	14.5	+19.5	2.2
Simone Fontecchio	Bench	3	2	33.3	30.0	+66.7	71.4
Keshad Johnson	Bench	02	2	100.0	14.3	+175.0	55.6
Bam Adebayo	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Tyler Herro	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Myron Gardner	Bench	02	0	0.0	20.0	+100.0	100.0