Indiana Pacers 109, New Orleans Pelicans 128 — Recap

December 20, 2025 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Indiana Pacers 109, New Orleans Pelicans 128. Scoring by quarter: Q1 IND 27-44 NOP; Q2 IND 22-20 NOP; Q3 IND 30-34 NOP; Q4 IND 30-30 NOP.

Top performers (box score): Zion Williamson (NOP) 29 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assists on 9-of-14 shooting; Pascal Siakam (IND) 22 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 threes on 6-of-14 shooting; Saddiq Bey (NOP) 18 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 threes on 6-of-14 shooting; Johnny Furphy (IND) 18 points, 2 rebounds, 0 assists, 1 threes on 7-of-10 shooting; Derik Queen (NOP) 17 points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 threes on 8-of-8 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · NOP

Zion Williamson

29 PTS, 7 REB, 1 AST · 9-14 FG

Scoring · IND

Pascal Siakam

22 PTS, 5 REB, 3 AST, 2 3PM · 6-14 FG

Scoring · NOP

Saddiq Bey

18 PTS, 5 REB, 3 AST, 1 3PM · 6-14 FG

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	27	22	30	30		109
NOP	44	20	34	30		128

🧮 How They Scored

INDNOP

54Points in the paint70

15Fast-break points14

7Second-chance points12

10Points off turnovers17

58Bench points66

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

44.6%Effective FG%58.2%

11.8%Turnover %13.8%

20.4%Offensive rebound %16.7%

0.304Free-throw rate0.400

Box Score

Indiana Pacers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Pascal Siakam F	31	22	5	3	1	0	3	6-14	2-7	8-11	-8
Andrew Nembhard G-F	27	7	3	5	0	0	1	2-11	1-4	2-2	-29
Bennedict Mathurin G-F	27	4	4	2	1	0	2	2-9	0-5	0-0	-32
Johnny Furphy G	23	18	2	0	0	0	1	7-10	1-3	3-3	+12
Jay Huff F-C	21	9	6	2	0	1	0	3-8	0-4	3-3	-20
Jarace Walker F	20	7	5	3	1	1	0	2-11	1-8	2-3	-11
Ethan Thompson G	19	7	2	2	1	0	1	3-7	1-5	0-0	+1
T.J. McConnell G	18	16	4	8	2	0	2	8-10	0-2	0-0	+6
Quenton Jackson G	17	2	2	1	0	0	2	1-3	0-2	0-2	-7
James Wiseman C	15	6	3	0	0	0	1	3-5	0-0	0-0	+15
Isaiah Jackson F	12	4	5	1	0	1	1	1-4	0-0	2-4	-14

New Orleans Pelicans

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Trey Murphy III F	33	17	6	4	0	0	2	5-8	2-5	5-5	+27
Jordan Poole G	32	16	2	6	0	1	2	4-10	1-7	7-9	+20
Saddiq Bey F	28	18	5	3	1	0	1	6-14	1-4	5-5	+14
Derik Queen C	27	17	10	4	1	0	2	8-8	1-1	0-0	+22
Zion Williamson F	23	29	7	1	1	0	2	9-14	0-0	11-13	+6
Jeremiah Fears G	23	5	3	1	0	0	4	2-6	0-1	1-2	-9
Jose Alvarado G	22	3	1	1	1	0	2	1-5	1-4	0-0	+11
Karlo Matkovic F-C	20	6	9	2	1	1	1	3-5	0-1	0-0	-5
Micah Peavy G-F	15	8	1	0	0	0	0	3-4	2-2	0-0	-5
Herbert Jones F	12	5	3	3	1	0	0	2-6	1-2	0-0	+16
Yves Missi C	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	2-3	0-0	0-0	-1
Jordan Hawkins G	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-2	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	31	22	58.4	28.2	-13.1	11.1
Jay Huff	Starter	21	9	48.3	17.3	-42.7	7.0
Andrew Nembhard	Starter	27	7	29.5	19.4	-44.1	3.1
Bennedict Mathurin	Starter	27	4	22.2	16.7	-53.9	0.0
Quenton Jackson	Starter	17	2	25.8	14.6	-18.4	-4.3
Johnny Furphy	Bench	23	18	79.5	19.7	+21.0	17.1
T.J. McConnell	Bench	18	16	80.0	26.7	+9.2	36.7
Ethan Thompson	Bench	19	7	50.0	15.7	0.0	4.0
Jarace Walker	Bench	20	7	28.4	20.4	-25.2	7.0
Isaiah Jackson	Bench	12	4	34.7	19.4	-57.2	2.9
Tony Bradley	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

New Orleans PelicansTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Saddiq Bey	Starter	28	18	55.6	23.5	+25.6	11.2
Trey Murphy III	Starter	33	17	83.3	15.0	+36.0	13.0
Derik Queen	Starter	27	17	106.3	15.9	+34.6	23.3
Herbert Jones	Starter	12	5	41.7	20.7	+64.1	18.2
Jeremiah Fears	Starter	23	5	36.3	19.6	-21.3	-2.0
Zion Williamson	Bench	23	29	73.5	36.1	+9.0	33.8
Jordan Poole	Bench	32	16	57.3	19.5	+26.4	8.6
Micah Peavy	Bench	15	8	100.0	10.8	-17.9	16.3
Karlo Matkovic	Bench	20	6	60.0	11.5	-8.4	12.9
Yves Missi	Bench	3	4	66.7	33.3	-31.0	26.9
Jose Alvarado	Bench	22	3	30.0	12.7	+25.2	-4.6
DeAndre Jordan	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Kevon Looney	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jordan Hawkins	Bench	3	0	0.0	22.2	-31.0	-7.7