Indiana Pacers 128, Orlando Magic 126 — Recap

March 23, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Indiana Pacers 128, Orlando Magic 126. Scoring by quarter: Q1 IND 34-24 ORL; Q2 IND 25-40 ORL; Q3 IND 44-31 ORL; Q4 IND 25-31 ORL.

Top performers (box score): Paolo Banchero (ORL) 39 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists, 4 threes on 13-of-27 shooting; Pascal Siakam (IND) 37 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assists, 2 threes on 13-of-26 shooting; Tristan Da Silva (ORL) 21 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 threes on 9-of-16 shooting; Jarace Walker (IND) 20 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 threes on 7-of-13 shooting; Aaron Nesmith (IND) 19 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists, 5 threes on 6-of-11 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · ORL

Paolo Banchero

39 PTS, 4 REB, 6 AST, 4 3PM · 13-27 FG

Scoring · IND

Pascal Siakam

37 PTS, 6 REB, 1 AST, 2 3PM · 13-26 FG

Scoring · ORL

Tristan Da Silva

21 PTS, 3 REB, 5 AST, 3 3PM · 9-16 FG

Season highs

Paolo Banchero · Season-high 39 pointsPascal Siakam · Season-high 37 points

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

📊 Game Flow

IND 12 largest lead Q4 10:52 (IND 109, ORL 97) · 10-0 run, Q3 11:24–Q3 9:28

ORL 7 largest lead Q3 11:36 (IND 59, ORL 66) · 9-0 run, Q2 11:12–Q2 9:41

Swings 7 lead changes Tied 5 times

Ahead for good: Pascal Siakam makes driving layup (Andrew Nembhard assists) (Q3 9:05, IND 71, ORL 69).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
IND	34	25	44	25		128
ORL	24	40	31	31		126

🧮 How They Scored

INDORL

50Points in the paint64

26Fast-break points14

8Second-chance points23

20Points off turnovers7

32Bench points30

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

64.6%Effective FG%57.4%

7.0%Turnover %9.5%

18.2%Offensive rebound %23.7%

0.293Free-throw rate0.255

Box Score

Indiana Pacers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Aaron Nesmith G-F	35	19	2	2	0	1	1	6-11	5-8	2-2	+6
Andrew Nembhard G-F	35	13	7	14	0	0	2	5-9	1-3	2-2	+4
Pascal Siakam F	34	37	6	1	2	2	2	13-26	2-5	9-9	-1
Jarace Walker F	33	20	5	2	0	0	1	7-13	2-5	4-5	-2
Jay Huff F-C	28	7	6	0	1	0	0	2-4	1-3	2-2	+11
T.J. McConnell G	20	13	0	6	2	0	0	6-6	1-1	0-0	-1
Micah Potter F	20	6	4	3	0	0	0	1-4	1-3	3-4	-9
Ben Sheppard G	18	5	3	0	0	0	0	2-4	1-3	0-0	0
Obi Toppin F	17	8	2	4	0	1	1	3-5	2-4	0-0	+2

Orlando Magic

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Paolo Banchero F	37	39	4	6	1	0	5	13-27	4-9	9-12	-4
Tristan Da Silva F	34	21	3	5	2	0	0	9-16	3-8	0-0	+2
Desmond Bane G	32	17	6	7	0	0	0	7-15	1-5	2-3	-4
Wendell Carter Jr. F	28	17	5	2	1	0	2	7-11	0-2	3-3	-6
Jevon Carter G	24	2	2	0	1	0	0	1-5	0-2	0-0	-17
Jamal Cain F	23	5	5	1	0	0	1	2-5	1-3	0-0	+8
Goga Bitadze C	20	6	7	4	0	0	2	1-3	0-0	4-6	+4
Jase Richardson G	18	9	1	3	0	0	0	4-5	1-2	0-0	+5
Jett Howard G	16	10	2	0	0	0	1	4-5	2-2	0-0	0
Noah Penda G-F	8	0	1	1	0	1	0	0-2	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	37	61.7	43.2	+3.9	16.9
Jarace Walker	Starter	33	20	65.8	21.6	-1.0	10.9
Aaron Nesmith	Starter	35	19	80.0	16.9	+8.0	8.0
Andrew Nembhard	Starter	35	13	65.8	15.4	+8.6	12.7
Jay Huff	Starter	28	7	71.7	8.5	+23.1	4.9
T.J. McConnell	Bench	20	13	108.3	14.3	+1.1	19.4
Obi Toppin	Bench	17	8	80.0	17.6	+13.8	12.4
Micah Potter	Bench	20	6	52.1	13.3	-22.0	5.6
Ben Sheppard	Bench	18	5	62.5	10.5	+6.8	6.1
Quenton Jackson	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Kobe Brown	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Kam Jones	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Orlando MagicTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Paolo Banchero	Starter	37	39	60.4	41.6	-8.7	15.2
Tristan Da Silva	Starter	34	21	65.6	19.8	-0.7	13.4
Wendell Carter Jr.	Starter	28	17	69.0	20.3	-14.1	9.5
Desmond Bane	Starter	32	17	52.1	19.3	-10.6	11.4
Jevon Carter	Starter	24	2	20.0	8.3	-38.3	-1.6
Jett Howard	Bench	16	10	100.0	16.2	-8.5	10.3
Jase Richardson	Bench	18	9	90.0	11.1	+16.9	12.0
Goga Bitadze	Bench	20	6	53.2	16.7	+10.3	6.9
Jamal Cain	Bench	23	5	50.0	10.5	+8.4	3.5
Moritz Wagner	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Colin Castleton	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Noah Penda	Bench	08	0	0.0	10.5	+20.8	1.4