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Indiana Pacers at Los Angeles Lakers

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Matchup preview

Last season: too early in this one to read much from it

Matchup odds

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Who wins?

IND

Season leaders, per game

LAL
The teams side by side: Indiana Pacers and Los Angeles Lakers compared, with league ranks
INDStatLAL
19–63Record53–29
Offense
-7.7, 26th in the leagueNet rating14th in the league, 1.8(better)
109.0, 28th in the leagueOffensive rating8th in the league, 116.2(better)
102.7, 9th in the leaguePace22nd in the league, 100.0
53.3, 23rd in the leagueeFG%2nd in the league, 57.3(better)
12.3(better), 16th in the leagueTOV%20th in the league, 12.6
21.7, 29th in the leagueOREB%22nd in the league, 23.9(better)
0.252, 20th in the leagueFT rate1st in the league, 0.320(better)
Defense
116.7, 25th in the leagueDefensive rating19th in the league, 114.4(better)
55.6, 24th in the leagueOpp. eFG%22nd in the league, 55.5(better)
11.2, 22nd in the leagueOpp. TOV%11th in the league, 12.6(better)
74.1, 15th in the leagueDREB%13th in the league, 74.3(better)
0.282, 24th in the leagueOpp. FT rate5th in the league, 0.241(better)

This season's meetings

They have not met this season.

Injury report

Indiana Pacers

  • Johnny FurphyOut· back Jan 1
    Report note

    Furphy started in 21 of 35 regular-season appearances for the Pacers, posting averages of 5.1 points, 4.4 rebounds, 1.2 assists and 0.7 three-pointers in 18.4 minutes per contest. While no timetable has been announced, Furphy's absence could extend through the beginning of the 2026-27 season. With this news, the Pacers will likely lean more on Ben Sheppard, Kam Jones and Quenton Jackson moving forward.

    Cost -0.5 per 100

Los Angeles Lakers

Nobody listed.

Key players · IND: Indiana Pacers key players: season averages and the last 5 games
PlayerMINPTSREBASTLast 5Impact
Pascal Siakam33.224.06.63.823.2 / 7.2 / 3.42.1
Kelly Oubre Jr.31.514.15.01.610.0 / 5.6 / 0.8-0.1
Andrew Nembhard31.316.92.87.716.0 / 2.8 / 12.0-0.5
Ivica Zubac30.214.110.62.211.6 / 7.2 / 1.8-0.9
Aaron Nesmith29.613.84.21.915.8 / 3.4 / 1.20.0
Key players · LAL: Los Angeles Lakers key players: season averages and the last 5 games
PlayerMINPTSREBASTLast 5Impact
Luka Doncic35.833.57.78.334.0 / 6.0 / 7.04.6
Austin Reaves34.523.34.75.520.8 / 4.4 / 5.43.2
Quentin Grimes29.513.43.63.39.8 / 2.6 / 1.40.1
Jake LaRavia25.28.24.01.87.2 / 5.2 / 2.0-0.3
Collin Sexton23.715.42.33.318.2 / 5.2 / 3.0-1.0

Last five games

Indiana Pacers: Indiana Pacers: last five games
DateOpponentResultSpreadTotal
Apr 12 vs DETLost 121–133––
Apr 10 vs PHILost 94–105––
Apr 9 @ BKNWon 123–94––
Apr 7 vs MINLost 104–124––
Apr 5 @ CLELost 108–117––
Los Angeles Lakers: Los Angeles Lakers: last five games
DateOpponentResultSpreadTotal
May 11 vs OKCLost 110–115––
May 9 vs OKCLost 108–131––
May 7 @ OKCLost 107–125––
May 5 @ OKCLost 90–108––
May 1 @ HOUWon 98–78––
Eastern Conference
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12CHI3151.378292-8
13BKN2062.244403-7
14IND1963.232413-7
15WAS1765.207430-10
Western Conference
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2SAS6220.75628-2
3DEN5428.6591010-0
4LAL5329.646117-3
5HOU5230.634129-1
6MIN4933.598155-5

Matchups by position

What each defense allows per game to guards, forwards and centers, against the league average. Rank 1 allows the most.

IND attack against LAL defense
PlayerPTSREBAST
Guards50.7 (lg 49.8) , 12th in the league12.5 (lg 13.6) , 28th in the league15.0 (lg 14.2) , 7th in the league
Forwards37.8 (lg 37.4) , 14th in the league14.4 (lg 15.3) , 23rd in the league7.2 (lg 7.0) , 12th in the league
Centers9.8 (lg 10.7) , 22nd in the league7.1 (lg 7.5) , 22nd in the league1.9 (lg 1.9) , 13th in the league
LAL attack against IND defense
PlayerPTSREBAST
Guards53.6 (lg 49.8) , 2nd in the league15.2 (lg 13.6) , 2nd in the league14.6 (lg 14.2) , 9th in the league
Forwards38.7 (lg 37.4) , 9th in the league16.6 (lg 15.3) , 5th in the league6.6 (lg 7.0) , 23rd in the league
Centers10.6 (lg 10.7) , 16th in the league7.3 (lg 7.5) , 21st in the league2.0 (lg 1.9) , 9th in the league

The box score appears at tip-off.