Indiana Pacers 111, Portland Trail Blazers 131 — Recap

March 8, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Indiana Pacers 111, Portland Trail Blazers 131. Scoring by quarter: Q1 IND 30-30 POR; Q2 IND 22-39 POR; Q3 IND 28-31 POR; Q4 IND 31-31 POR.

Top performers (box score): Scoot Henderson (POR) 28 points, 3 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 threes on 10-of-15 shooting; Pascal Siakam (IND) 22 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists on 9-of-20 shooting; Jrue Holiday (POR) 21 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists, 5 threes on 7-of-10 shooting; Jerami Grant (POR) 21 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assists, 4 threes on 6-of-10 shooting; Deni Avdija (POR) 18 points, 5 rebounds, 8 assists on 6-of-16 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · POR

Scoot Henderson

28 PTS, 3 REB, 6 AST, 3 3PM · 10-15 FG

Scoring · IND

Pascal Siakam

22 PTS, 6 REB, 5 AST · 9-20 FG

Scoring · POR

Jrue Holiday

21 PTS, 3 REB, 3 AST, 5 3PM · 7-10 FG

Season highs

Scoot Henderson · Season-high 28 points

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 Q1 6:39 (IND 18, POR 14) · 9-0 run, Q1 8:24–Q1 6:39

POR 26 largest lead Q4 4:50 (IND 97, POR 123) · 14-0 run, Q2 3:30–Q2 0:44

Swings 13 lead changes Tied 7 times

Ahead for good: Scoot Henderson makes 21-foot step back jumpshot (Q2 5:38, IND 45, POR 46).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
IND	30	22	28	31		111
POR	30	39	31	31		131

🧮 How They Scored

INDPOR

46Points in the paint58

11Fast-break points13

20Second-chance points14

12Points off turnovers12

36Bench points55

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

50.5%Effective FG%58.6%

8.7%Turnover %10.3%

23.1%Offensive rebound %33.3%

0.253Free-throw rate0.290

Box Score

Indiana Pacers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Pascal Siakam F	32	22	6	5	2	0	2	9-20	0-4	4-9	-19
Jarace Walker F	31	14	3	1	2	0	2	5-8	2-4	2-2	-10
Andrew Nembhard G-F	28	14	2	9	2	0	3	5-11	2-4	2-4	-22
Aaron Nesmith G-F	25	9	1	2	1	0	1	4-6	1-3	0-0	-4
Jay Huff F-C	22	16	6	1	1	5	2	5-15	3-10	3-5	-2
Kobe Brown F	20	8	6	1	0	1	0	3-6	2-3	0-0	-3
T.J. McConnell G	17	6	4	3	0	0	0	2-7	0-0	2-2	+1
Ben Sheppard G	17	3	1	0	0	0	0	1-3	1-2	0-0	-15
Quenton Jackson G	17	2	3	3	0	0	0	1-5	0-2	0-0	-12
Micah Potter F	16	13	4	1	1	0	0	4-9	3-7	2-2	-1
Obi Toppin F	11	4	2	0	0	0	0	2-5	0-3	0-0	-17
Kam Jones G	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+4

Portland Trail Blazers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jerami Grant F	32	21	2	1	2	2	3	6-10	4-6	5-7	+19
Toumani Camara F	28	7	11	2	0	0	1	3-10	1-5	0-0	+23
Scoot Henderson G	26	28	3	6	1	1	0	10-15	3-7	5-6	+26
Jrue Holiday G	25	21	3	3	0	1	2	7-10	5-8	2-2	+16
Deni Avdija F	25	18	5	8	0	3	1	6-16	0-4	6-6	+3
Donovan Clingan C	24	9	11	3	1	1	2	4-7	0-1	1-3	-9
Vit Krejci G	22	7	6	1	0	0	1	3-10	1-8	0-0	-5
Robert Williams III C-F	20	12	7	2	0	0	0	6-8	0-0	0-0	+30
Kris Murray F	17	3	4	0	0	0	1	1-2	1-1	0-0	0
Matisse Thybulle G-F	8	0	0	1	1	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	+3
Sidy Cissoko G	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-4
Hansen Yang C	4	5	1	0	0	0	0	1-2	0-0	3-3	-1
Blake Wesley G	4	0	0	2	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	32	22	45.9	30.2	-27.2	7.8
Jay Huff	Starter	22	16	46.5	33.3	-3.9	9.3
Andrew Nembhard	Starter	28	14	54.9	21.9	-37.1	9.7
Jarace Walker	Starter	31	14	78.8	14.5	-17.0	9.6
Aaron Nesmith	Starter	25	9	75.0	10.9	-8.8	6.0
Micah Potter	Bench	16	13	65.8	25.0	-6.7	12.6
Kobe Brown	Bench	20	8	66.7	12.2	-8.1	16.3
T.J. McConnell	Bench	17	6	38.1	19.5	+5.3	14.4
Obi Toppin	Bench	11	4	40.0	20.0	-81.0	4.9
Ben Sheppard	Bench	17	3	50.0	6.8	-42.9	-0.6
Quenton Jackson	Bench	17	2	20.0	12.2	-32.4	4.5
Kam Jones	Bench	05	0	0.0	0.0	+35.7	-6.5

Portland Trail BlazersTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jerami Grant	Starter	32	21	80.3	19.8	+26.4	9.8
Jrue Holiday	Starter	25	21	96.5	20.3	+32.5	13.8
Deni Avdija	Starter	25	18	48.3	27.3	+5.4	17.0
Donovan Clingan	Starter	24	9	54.1	15.6	-16.1	10.9
Toumani Camara	Starter	28	7	35.0	15.9	+38.7	7.2
Scoot Henderson	Bench	26	28	79.4	28.6	+48.8	27.4
Robert Williams III	Bench	20	12	75.0	16.7	+71.4	15.1
Vit Krejci	Bench	22	7	35.0	20.8	-6.3	7.1
Hansen Yang	Bench	04	5	75.3	33.3	-14.3	33.3
Kris Murray	Bench	17	3	75.0	7.3	+6.4	2.9
Damian Lillard	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Matisse Thybulle	Bench	08	0	0.0	5.0	+4.3	3.6
Shaedon Sharpe	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Blake Wesley	Bench	04	0	0.0	22.2	-14.3	-7.4
Sidy Cissoko	Bench	05	0	0.0	10.0	-35.7	-6.5