Indiana Pacers News

on the road again 🤙

Pacers now have five guards on the injury report, all out for Saturday in Memphis. Haliburton, McConnell, Nembhard, QJackson, Jones. Andrew Nembhard joins the group with a left shoulder strain. Furphy is questionable with a sore left foot.

Injury Report for tomorrow night’s game in Memphis: Johnny Furphy - Questionable (sore left foot) Andrew Nembhard - Out (left shoulder strain) Quenton Jackson - Out (right hamstring strain) Kam Jones - Out (lower back stress reaction) T.J. McConnell - Out (left hamstring strain) Tyrese Haliburton - Out (right achilles tendon tear)

Obi Toppin tries to stop the timer at 8.9 seconds 👀

#Colts DE Tyquan Lewis, who did not practice this week due to a groin injury, is questionable to play Sunday against the #Titans.

🏀 THURSDAY'S FINAL SCORES 🏀 SGA erupts for 55 points and sets a new career-high in the @okcthunder's 2OT win! Ajay Mitchell: 26 PTS Aaron Wiggins: 23 PTS, 5 3PM Bennedict Mathurin: 36 PTS, 11 REB Pascal Siakam: 32 PTS, 15 REB

Bennedict Mathurin scored 36 for the @Pacers tonight! His performance is tied for the 2nd most points by a Pacer in a season opener 👏 Jalen Rose: 43 points (10/30/2001) Reggie Miller: 36 points (11/3/1989) Bennedict Mathurin: 36 points (10/23/2025)

SGA GIVES OKC THE LEAD. PASCAL SIAKAM FORCES OT. BENN MATHURIN FORCES 2OT. SGA'S CLUTCH PLAYMAKING SEALS IT. The rematch of the 2025 NBA Finals tonight? Spectacular 🍿

Dakota Mathias, who played for the Indiana Mad Ants last season, has signed with the Brisbane Bullets of the NBL.

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An entertaining start to the Pacers season -- done so in front of a national audience and sellout crowd (17,274). This 2OT game went an hour longer than usual: 3hrs, 13mins. Great fight, no quit from IND. But they badly need to get healthy at point guard.

Pacers push the champs to 2OT, but were outscored 17-11 in the final session as they finished the game with just one starter: 141-135. 91 combined FTAs. SGA scored a career-high 55pts, Mathurin had 36, Siakam with 32/15. 3 IND players fouled out. Next: Sat. in MEM

Jarace Walker goes over his defender to bank it in.

Mathurin, the Pacers' leading scorer with 36, fouls out. So in his first game in the NBA, rookie Taelon Peter enters to replace him. Just one Pacer starter still in the game for 2OT.

BENNEDICT MATHURIN SENDS THE GAME 2OT! HE'S GOT 36 POINTS FOR THE PACERS 😱

Bennedict Mathurin with the bucket to force DOUBLE OVERTIME 👏

double OT 👀

Double OT…Pacers gonna keep grinding until they all foul out.

Thunder now with back-to-back 2OT games to begin their season. Mathurin answered an SGA bucket with a layup -- tying the game at 124. Wow.

WE GOT A GREAT OT GAME ON ESPN 🚨 @okcthunder 122 @Pacers 122 33.1 SECONDS LEFT IN OT. OKC BALL.

another tough finish from Pascal Siakam 😮‍💨 he has 30 points with less than a minute remaining in OT.

These two teams have combined for 81 FTAs. 19 for SGA; 17 for Mathurin

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LIVE NOW: Nuggets/Warriors is underway on ESPNews and will resume on ESPN at the conclusion of Thunder/Pacers.

Four OKC fouls in 94 seconds to begin OT. So Pacers are in the penalty with 3:26 remaining. Although OKC is challenging the last one -- on Lu Dort.