Putting Up Numbers· NBA

Pacers @ Pelicans

Wed, Oct 21, 2026

Pacers 123, Pelicans 120

Pacers at Pelicans: against expected, a game, this season, This game
a gamePacers1 gamePelicans1 game
Points+6.9+5.4
Points allowed+3.0+11.1
Rebounds−1.1+4.5
Assists+2.5−3.7
3-pointers made−4.2−3.5
Free throw attempts+3.5+12.1
Turnovers−3.1−1.2
Turnovers forced−1.9−2.2

Each number is over (+) or under (−) what the team’s opponents usually allow, a game.

Who put up numbers

Pelicans

Pacers

Analysis

What was true going in. Each line says how it stood up, and how it came out.

The series

  • The Pacers lead the series 32–22 since 2002-03. The Pacers have won the last 2.seriesevery meeting →

If you squint

  • The Pelicans had lost 9 of their last 10.countits form →Now 10 of 11.
  • The Pelicans had won 7 of their last 10 at home.countits form →Now 7 of 11.
  • The Pacers had lost 7 of their last 10.countits form →Now 7 of 11.

Every meeting

DateWhereScore
Oct 21, 2026at PelicansPacers 123, Pelicans 120
Jan 16, 2026at PacersPacers 127, Pelicans 119
Dec 20, 2025at PelicansPelicans 128, Pacers 109
Dec 15, 2024at PacersPacers 119, Pelicans 104
Nov 25, 2024at PacersPacers 114, Pelicans 110
Nov 1, 2024at PelicansPelicans 125, Pacers 118
Mar 1, 2024at PelicansPelicans 129, Pacers 102
Feb 28, 2024at PacersPacers 123, Pelicans 114
Dec 26, 2022at PelicansPelicans 113, Pacers 93
Nov 7, 2022at PacersPacers 129, Pelicans 122

Method

  • Over or under is each game against what the opponent usually allowed, or usually scored, in its other games that season, with half the home edge, averaged over the team’s games. The five biggest numbers in the league either way are lit.
  • “This season” and the analysis are the games through Oct 20, the day before, so the page says what was true going in. “This game” is the night’s own numbers against expected.
  • A game with no box score sits out.

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