Indiana Pacers at New Orleans Pelicans
Wednesday, October 21, 2026 · Final · Smoothie King Center
Indiana Pacers123Final
New Orleans Pelicans120Computed by NBAScope (model wp-v1) from the score, the time left and the pre-game Elo expectation — see methodology.
Scoring runs: IND 10-0 (Q1 7:51 → Q1 6:12)NOP 12-0 (Q2 11:39 → Q2 8:12)NOP 9-0 (Q2 3:54 → Q2 1:32)IND 8-0 (Q4 6:31 → Q4 5:06)
Team comparison
INDNOP
47-9038-89Field goals
5243Field goal %
9-3010-303-pointers
30333-point %
20-2934-37Free throws
4349Rebounds
914Offensive rebounds
2923Assists
911Steals
46Blocks
1315Turnovers
6448Points in the paint
2710Fast-break points
2624Fouls
910Largest lead
1313Lead changes
Score by quarter
| Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pacers | 38 | 18 | 30 | 37 | 123 |
| Pelicans | 31 | 35 | 26 | 28 | 120 |
Indiana Pacers — players
| Player | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | FG | 3PT | FT | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pascal Siakam · starter | 35 | 30 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13-23 | 1-3 | 3-8 | +6 |
| Andrew Nembhard · starter | 34 | 18 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6-10 | 0-3 | 6-7 | +9 |
| Tyrese Haliburton · starter | 34 | 23 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8-15 | 2-6 | 5-5 | -4 |
| Ivica Zubac · starter | 34 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7-12 | 0-0 | 2-4 | +11 |
| Kelly Oubre Jr. · starter | 28 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2-5 | 0-3 | 0-0 | +8 |
| Obi Toppin | 25 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7-12 | 4-9 | 2-3 | +3 |
| Jarace Walker | 19 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1-6 | 1-3 | 0-0 | -5 |
| Quenton Jackson | 16 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 |
| Ben Sheppard | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | -2 |
| Larry Nance Jr. | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -11 |
| Kobe Brown | Did not play — coach's decision | ||||||||||
| Jay Huff | Did not play — coach's decision | ||||||||||
| Jalen Slawson | Did not play — coach's decision | ||||||||||
New Orleans Pelicans — players
| Player | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | FG | 3PT | FT | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dejounte Murray · starter | 34 | 23 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9-18 | 2-5 | 3-3 | -6 |
| Zion Williamson · starter | 32 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7-16 | 2-4 | 6-6 | +1 |
| Trey Murphy III · starter | 32 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4-11 | 2-5 | 1-1 | -8 |
| Yves Missi · starter | 30 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 3-4 | -7 |
| Jeremiah Fears · starter | 21 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2-10 | 1-5 | 3-4 | -12 |
| Saddiq Bey | 24 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4-9 | 2-4 | 3-3 | +1 |
| Derik Queen | 18 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 6-6 | +4 |
| Bennedict Mathurin | 18 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3-7 | 0-3 | 5-6 | -5 |
| Herbert Jones | 17 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 | +5 |
| Jordan Poole | 15 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0-4 | 0-3 | 4-4 | +12 |
| DeAndre Jordan | Did not play — coach's decision | ||||||||||
| Trendon Watford | Did not play — coach's decision | ||||||||||
| Karlo Matkovic | Did not play — coach's decision | ||||||||||
| Bryce McGowens | Did not play — coach's decision | ||||||||||
| AJ Johnson | Did not play — coach's decision | ||||||||||
Play-by-play
- 0.0End of Game123-120
- 0.0End of the 4th Quarter123-120
- 0.8NOPPelicans offensive team rebound123-120
- 0.8NOPTrey Murphy III misses heave jump shot123-120
- 1.4INDPacers offensive team rebound123-120
- 1.4NOPTrey Murphy III defensive rebound123-120
- 1.4INDIvica Zubac misses free throw 2 of 2123-120
- 1.4INDIvica Zubac misses free throw 1 of 2123-120
- 1.4NOPYves Missi personal foul123-120
- 3.6INDIvica Zubac defensive rebound123-120
- 3.6NOPZion Williamson misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot123-120
- 6.4INDIvica Zubac lost ball turnover (Yves Missi steals)123-120
- 9.4INDIvica Zubac defensive rebound123-120
- 9.4NOPJeremiah Fears misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot123-120
- 14.2INDKelly Oubre Jr. enters the game for Tyrese Haliburton123-120
- 14.2NOPPelicans Full timeout123-120
- 14.2INDAndrew Nembhard traveling turnover123-120
- 33.8INDPascal Siakam defensive rebound123-120
- 33.8NOPZion Williamson misses driving layup123-120
- 45.7INDQuenton Jackson makes free throw 2 of 2123-120
- 45.7INDQuenton Jackson makes free throw 1 of 2122-120
- 45.7NOPDejounte Murray personal foul121-120
- 45.9INDQuenton Jackson offensive rebound121-120
- 45.9INDDejounte Murray blocks Ivica Zubac 's 3-foot layup121-120
- 52.1INDIvica Zubac offensive rebound121-120
- 52.1INDPascal Siakam misses 16-foot pullup jump shot121-120
- 1:11NOPYves Missi makes dunk (Jeremiah Fears assists)121-120
- 1:23INDQuenton Jackson enters the game for Obi Toppin121-118
- 1:23INDTyrese Haliburton makes free throw 1 of 1121-118
- 1:23NOPZion Williamson shooting foul120-118
- 1:23INDTyrese Haliburton makes 11-foot driving floating jump shot120-118
- 1:40NOPYves Missi makes tip in dunk118-118
- 1:41NOPYves Missi offensive rebound118-116
- 1:41NOPDejounte Murray misses driving layup118-116
- 2:00INDTyrese Haliburton makes 14-foot driving floating jump shot118-116
- 2:16NOPZion Williamson makes free throw 1 of 1116-116
- 2:16INDIvica Zubac shooting foul116-115
- 2:16NOPZion Williamson makes 1-foot two point shot (Dejounte Murray assists)116-115
- 2:31NOPPelicans Full timeout116-113
- 2:32INDPascal Siakam makes layup (Tyrese Haliburton assists)116-113
- 2:36INDIvica Zubac defensive rebound114-113
- 2:36NOPDejounte Murray misses two point shot114-113
- 2:50INDPascal Siakam makes 10-foot floating jump shot (Andrew Nembhard assists)114-113
- 2:56INDObi Toppin offensive rebound112-113
- 2:56INDPascal Siakam misses 15-foot pullup jump shot112-113
- 3:13NOPTrey Murphy III makes 14-foot driving floating jump shot (Yves Missi assists)112-113
- 3:35INDPascal Siakam makes 14-foot pullup jump shot112-111
- 3:48NOPDejounte Murray makes free throw 1 of 1110-111
- 3:48INDAndrew Nembhard shooting foul110-110
- 3:48NOPDejounte Murray makes 1-foot two point shot110-110
- 4:00INDPascal Siakam makes 8-foot two point shot (Tyrese Haliburton assists)110-108
- 4:14INDPascal Siakam enters the game for Quenton Jackson108-108
- 4:14INDTyrese Haliburton enters the game for Kelly Oubre Jr.108-108
- 4:14NOPZion Williamson makes free throw 2 of 2108-108
- 4:14NOPZion Williamson makes free throw 1 of 2108-107
- 4:14INDIvica Zubac shooting foul108-106
- 4:18NOPZion Williamson offensive rebound108-106
- 4:18NOPDejounte Murray misses 28-foot three point jumper108-106
- 4:30NOPJeremiah Fears defensive rebound108-106
- 4:30INDIvica Zubac misses 1-foot two point shot108-106
- 4:48INDPacers Full timeout108-106
- 4:48NOPJeremiah Fears makes free throw 2 of 2108-106
- 4:48NOPJeremiah Fears makes free throw 1 of 2108-105
- 4:48INDIvica Zubac shooting foul108-104
- 5:06INDAndrew Nembhard makes free throw 2 of 2108-104
- 5:06INDAndrew Nembhard makes free throw 1 of 2107-104
- 5:06NOPZion Williamson personal foul106-104
- 5:17INDObi Toppin defensive rebound106-104
- 5:17NOPKelly Oubre Jr. blocks Trey Murphy III 's 7-foot driving layup106-104
- 5:26INDObi Toppin enters the game for Pascal Siakam106-104
- 5:26INDPascal Siakam personal foul106-104
- 5:37INDAndrew Nembhard makes driving layup106-104
- 5:45INDQuenton Jackson defensive rebound104-104
- 5:45NOPJeremiah Fears misses 27-foot three point jumper104-104
- 5:50NOPYves Missi offensive rebound104-104
- 5:50NOPZion Williamson misses driving layup104-104
- 6:07INDQuenton Jackson makes running layup (Andrew Nembhard assists)104-104
- 6:12INDAndrew Nembhard defensive rebound102-104
- 6:12NOPDejounte Murray misses 9-foot fade away jump shot102-104
- 6:31INDPascal Siakam makes 3-foot layup (Andrew Nembhard assists)102-104
- 6:44NOPDejounte Murray makes 13-foot pullup jump shot (Yves Missi assists)100-104
- 7:08NOPTrey Murphy III makes technical free throw100-102
- 7:08INDTyrese Haliburton technical foul100-101
- 7:08INDAndrew Nembhard enters the game for Tyrese Haliburton100-101
- 7:08NOPYves Missi enters the game for Herbert Jones100-101
- 7:08NOPZion Williamson enters the game for Bennedict Mathurin100-101
- 7:08NOPTrey Murphy III enters the game for Saddiq Bey100-101
- 7:08NOPJeremiah Fears enters the game for Derik Queen100-101
- 7:08(07:08) [Pacers] COACH'S CHALLENGE (CALL REPLAYCENTER)100-101
- 7:08NOPPelicans Full timeout100-101
- 7:08INDIvica Zubac makes 1-foot alley oop dunk (Pascal Siakam assists)100-101
- 7:21INDQuenton Jackson defensive rebound98-101
- 7:21NOPDerik Queen misses 7-foot turnaround jump shot98-101
- 7:41INDTyrese Haliburton makes free throw 1 of 198-101
- 7:41NOPSaddiq Bey shooting foul97-101
- 7:41INDTyrese Haliburton makes driving layup97-101
- 7:57INDPascal Siakam defensive rebound95-101
- 7:57NOPSaddiq Bey misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot95-101
- 8:18INDTyrese Haliburton makes free throw 2 of 295-101
- 8:18INDTyrese Haliburton makes free throw 1 of 294-101
- 8:18NOPDerik Queen shooting foul93-101
- 8:34NOPDerik Queen makes 5-foot driving floating jump shot93-101
- 8:43INDPascal Siakam bad pass turnover (Derik Queen steals)93-99
- 8:48NOPDerik Queen offensive foul turnover93-99
- 8:48NOPDerik Queen offensive foul93-99
- 8:54INDIvica Zubac makes dunk93-99
- 8:56INDPacers offensive team rebound91-99
- 8:56INDIvica Zubac offensive rebound91-99
- 8:56NOPDejounte Murray enters the game for Jordan Poole91-99
- 8:56INDPascal Siakam misses free throw 2 of 291-99
- 8:56INDPascal Siakam misses free throw 1 of 291-99
- 8:56NOPHerbert Jones personal foul91-99
- 9:15NOPHerbert Jones makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jordan Poole assists)91-99
- 9:31INDTyrese Haliburton makes free throw 1 of 191-96
- 9:31NOPDerik Queen shooting foul90-96
- 9:31INDTyrese Haliburton makes driving dunk90-96
- 9:39NOPJordan Poole personal foul88-96
- 9:43NOPHerbert Jones personal foul88-96
- 10:03NOPBennedict Mathurin makes free throw 2 of 288-96
- 10:03NOPPelicans offensive team rebound88-95
- 10:03NOPBennedict Mathurin misses free throw 1 of 288-95
- 10:03INDIvica Zubac shooting foul88-95
- 10:11INDTyrese Haliburton enters the game for Andrew Nembhard88-95
- 10:11INDIvica Zubac enters the game for Obi Toppin88-95
- 10:11INDObi Toppin personal foul88-95
- 10:24INDPascal Siakam makes tip shot88-95
- 10:26INDPascal Siakam offensive rebound86-95
- 10:26INDAndrew Nembhard misses 24-foot three point step back jumpshot86-95
- 10:46NOPSaddiq Bey makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jordan Poole assists)86-95
- 10:59NOPJordan Poole defensive rebound86-92
- 10:59INDObi Toppin misses 26-foot running jump shot86-92
- 11:09INDPascal Siakam defensive rebound86-92
- 11:09NOPJordan Poole misses 28-foot running jump shot86-92
- 11:16NOPDerik Queen defensive rebound86-92
- 11:16INDAndrew Nembhard misses 6-foot two point shot86-92
- 11:28NOPSaddiq Bey traveling turnover86-92
- 11:49NOPDerik Queen defensive rebound86-92
- 11:49INDPascal Siakam misses free throw 2 of 286-92
- 11:49INDPacers offensive team rebound86-92
- 11:49INDPascal Siakam misses free throw 1 of 286-92
- 11:49NOPBennedict Mathurin shooting foul86-92
- 12:00INDKelly Oubre Jr. enters the game for Tyrese Haliburton86-92
- 12:00INDQuenton Jackson enters the game for Jarace Walker86-92
Recent head-to-head
Full history →| 2026-01-16 | NOP 119 – 127 IND | Pacers won |
| 2025-12-20 | IND 109 – 128 NOP | Pelicans won |
| 2024-12-15 | NOP 104 – 119 IND | Pacers won |
| 2024-11-25 | NOP 110 – 114 IND | Pacers won |
| 2024-11-01 | IND 118 – 125 NOP | Pelicans won |
| 2024-03-01 | IND 102 – 129 NOP | Pelicans won |
| 2024-02-28 | NOP 114 – 123 IND | Pacers won |
| 2022-12-26 | IND 93 – 113 NOP | Pelicans won |
