New Orleans Pelicans 120-123 Indiana Pacers: final score
NBAFinal
Indiana Pacers beat New Orleans Pelicans 123-120 on Wednesday, October 21, 2026 in the NBA.
- Competition
- NBA
- Start time
- Wednesday, October 21, 2026, 8:00 PM (ET)
- Venue
- Smoothie King Center, New Orleans
- 👥
- 17232
- Where to watch
- GCSEN, Pelicans.com, DAZN IND (In the United States · ESPN)
The match in numbers
- A 123-120 win for Indiana Pacers over New Orleans Pelicans.
Data: ESPN · votes and picks from Scorely users
By period
| New Orleans Pelicans | 31 | 35 | 26 | 28 | 120 |
| Indiana Pacers | 38 | 18 | 30 | 37 | 123 |
Match videos
Live commentary
- 4th Quarter · 45.7Quenton Jackson makes free throw 2 of 2
- 4th Quarter · 45.7Quenton Jackson makes free throw 1 of 2
- 4th Quarter · 1:11Yves Missi makes dunk (Jeremiah Fears assists)
- 4th Quarter · 1:23Tyrese Haliburton makes free throw 1 of 1
- 4th Quarter · 1:23Tyrese Haliburton makes 11-foot driving floating jump shot
- 4th Quarter · 1:40Yves Missi makes tip in dunk
- 4th Quarter · 2:00Tyrese Haliburton makes 14-foot driving floating jump shot
- 4th Quarter · 2:16Zion Williamson makes free throw 1 of 1
- 4th Quarter · 2:16Zion Williamson makes 1-foot two point shot (Dejounte Murray assists)
- 4th Quarter · 2:32Pascal Siakam makes layup (Tyrese Haliburton assists)
- 4th Quarter · 2:50Pascal Siakam makes 10-foot floating jump shot (Andrew Nembhard assists)
- 4th Quarter · 3:13Trey Murphy III makes 14-foot driving floating jump shot (Yves Missi assists)
- 4th Quarter · 3:35Pascal Siakam makes 14-foot pullup jump shot
- 4th Quarter · 3:48Dejounte Murray makes free throw 1 of 1
- 4th Quarter · 3:48Dejounte Murray makes 1-foot two point shot
- 4th Quarter · 4:00Pascal Siakam makes 8-foot two point shot (Tyrese Haliburton assists)
- 4th Quarter · 4:14Zion Williamson makes free throw 2 of 2
- 4th Quarter · 4:14Zion Williamson makes free throw 1 of 2
- 4th Quarter · 4:48Jeremiah Fears makes free throw 2 of 2
- 4th Quarter · 4:48Jeremiah Fears makes free throw 1 of 2
- 4th Quarter · 5:06Andrew Nembhard makes free throw 2 of 2
- 4th Quarter · 5:06Andrew Nembhard makes free throw 1 of 2
- 4th Quarter · 5:37Andrew Nembhard makes driving layup
- 4th Quarter · 6:07Quenton Jackson makes running layup (Andrew Nembhard assists)
- 4th Quarter · 6:31Pascal Siakam makes 3-foot layup (Andrew Nembhard assists)
- 4th Quarter · 6:44Dejounte Murray makes 13-foot pullup jump shot (Yves Missi assists)
- 4th Quarter · 7:08Trey Murphy III makes technical free throw
- 4th Quarter · 7:08Ivica Zubac makes 1-foot alley oop dunk (Pascal Siakam assists)
- 4th Quarter · 7:41Tyrese Haliburton makes free throw 1 of 1
- 4th Quarter · 7:41Tyrese Haliburton makes driving layup
- 4th Quarter · 8:18Tyrese Haliburton makes free throw 2 of 2
- 4th Quarter · 8:18Tyrese Haliburton makes free throw 1 of 2
- 4th Quarter · 8:34Derik Queen makes 5-foot driving floating jump shot
- 4th Quarter · 8:54Ivica Zubac makes dunk
- 4th Quarter · 9:15Herbert Jones makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jordan Poole assists)
- 4th Quarter · 9:31Tyrese Haliburton makes free throw 1 of 1
- 4th Quarter · 9:31Tyrese Haliburton makes driving dunk
- 4th Quarter · 10:03Bennedict Mathurin makes free throw 2 of 2
- 4th Quarter · 10:24Pascal Siakam makes tip shot
- 4th Quarter · 10:46Saddiq Bey makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jordan Poole assists)
- 3rd Quarter · 3.1Derik Queen makes free throw 2 of 2
- 3rd Quarter · 3.1Derik Queen makes free throw 1 of 2
- 3rd Quarter · 25.7Pascal Siakam makes free throw 2 of 2
- 3rd Quarter · 36.2Derik Queen makes free throw 2 of 2
- 3rd Quarter · 36.2Derik Queen makes free throw 1 of 2
- 3rd Quarter · 47.0Obi Toppin makes two point shot (Quenton Jackson assists)
- 3rd Quarter · 1:09Quenton Jackson makes running layup
- 3rd Quarter · 1:35Bennedict Mathurin makes two point shot
- 3rd Quarter · 2:12Derik Queen makes driving layup
- 3rd Quarter · 2:41Andrew Nembhard makes driving layup (Jarace Walker assists)
- 3rd Quarter · 3:08Obi Toppin makes 25-foot three point jumper (Andrew Nembhard assists)
- 3rd Quarter · 4:01Trey Murphy III makes 26-foot three point shot
- 3rd Quarter · 4:10Ivica Zubac makes layup (Obi Toppin assists)
- 3rd Quarter · 4:26Bennedict Mathurin makes free throw 2 of 2
- 3rd Quarter · 4:26Bennedict Mathurin makes free throw 1 of 2
- 3rd Quarter · 5:18Saddiq Bey makes free throw 2 of 2
- 3rd Quarter · 5:18Saddiq Bey makes free throw 1 of 2
- 3rd Quarter · 5:28Obi Toppin makes dunk (Tyrese Haliburton assists)
- 3rd Quarter · 6:22Ben Sheppard makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jarace Walker assists)
- 3rd Quarter · 7:01Ivica Zubac makes two point shot
- 3rd Quarter · 7:18Dejounte Murray makes running layup
- 3rd Quarter · 7:41Dejounte Murray makes 26-foot three point jumper (Zion Williamson assists)
- 3rd Quarter · 8:03Zion Williamson makes 2-foot two point shot (Dejounte Murray assists)
- 3rd Quarter · 8:16Pascal Siakam makes 6-foot fade away jump shot (Kelly Oubre Jr. assists)
- 3rd Quarter · 9:26Pascal Siakam makes 3-foot layup (Tyrese Haliburton assists)
- 3rd Quarter · 9:48Andrew Nembhard makes driving layup
- 3rd Quarter · 10:06Dejounte Murray makes driving layup (Yves Missi assists)
- 3rd Quarter · 10:53Tyrese Haliburton makes 24-foot three pointer
- 3rd Quarter · 11:12Jeremiah Fears makes 3-foot driving floating jump shot
- 3rd Quarter · 11:36Kelly Oubre Jr. makes running layup (Tyrese Haliburton assists)
- 2nd Quarter · 1.4Zion Williamson makes 25-foot three point jumper (Dejounte Murray assists)
- 2nd Quarter · 12.7Andrew Nembhard makes 4-foot driving floating jump shot (Tyrese Haliburton assists)
- 2nd Quarter · 30.6Zion Williamson makes driving layup
- 2nd Quarter · 39.3Pascal Siakam makes driving layup (Tyrese Haliburton assists)
- 2nd Quarter · 58.2Zion Williamson makes 25-foot three pointer (Trey Murphy III assists)
- 2nd Quarter · 1:18Ivica Zubac makes 5-foot hook shot (Tyrese Haliburton assists)
- 2nd Quarter · 1:32Saddiq Bey makes free throw 1 of 1
- 2nd Quarter · 1:32Saddiq Bey makes 12-foot pullup jump shot
- 2nd Quarter · 2:47Dejounte Murray makes running layup (Zion Williamson assists)
- 2nd Quarter · 3:04Zion Williamson makes driving layup (Dejounte Murray assists)
- 2nd Quarter · 3:54Yves Missi makes 1-foot dunk (Dejounte Murray assists)
- 2nd Quarter · 4:11Pascal Siakam makes 15-foot turnaround jump shot
- 2nd Quarter · 4:31Yves Missi makes free throw 1 of 2
- 2nd Quarter · 4:59Trey Murphy III makes 26-foot three point jumper (Yves Missi assists)
- 2nd Quarter · 5:27Obi Toppin makes 23-foot running jump shot (Kelly Oubre Jr. assists)
- 2nd Quarter · 5:53Obi Toppin makes free throw 1 of 1
- 2nd Quarter · 5:53Obi Toppin makes driving layup (Andrew Nembhard assists)
- 2nd Quarter · 6:19Obi Toppin makes free throw 1 of 2
- 2nd Quarter · 6:46Dejounte Murray makes free throw 2 of 2
- 2nd Quarter · 6:46Dejounte Murray makes free throw 1 of 2
- 2nd Quarter · 7:29Obi Toppin makes 25-foot three point jumper (Tyrese Haliburton assists)
- 2nd Quarter · 8:12Yves Missi makes free throw 2 of 2
- 2nd Quarter · 8:12Yves Missi makes free throw 1 of 2
- 2nd Quarter · 8:27Dejounte Murray makes 9-foot two point shot
- 2nd Quarter · 9:35Zion Williamson makes free throw 2 of 2
- 2nd Quarter · 9:35Zion Williamson makes free throw 1 of 2
- 2nd Quarter · 10:03Derik Queen makes free throw 2 of 2
- 2nd Quarter · 10:03Derik Queen makes free throw 1 of 2
- 2nd Quarter · 11:11Dejounte Murray makes 8-foot pullup jump shot (Jordan Poole assists)
- 2nd Quarter · 11:39Herbert Jones makes two point shot
- 1st Quarter · 16.5Pascal Siakam makes 26-foot three point jumper (Andrew Nembhard assists)
- 1st Quarter · 37.2Pascal Siakam makes 23-foot jumper (Andrew Nembhard assists)
- 1st Quarter · 51.9Jordan Poole makes free throw 2 of 2
- 1st Quarter · 51.9Jordan Poole makes free throw 1 of 2
- 1st Quarter · 1:17Bennedict Mathurin makes 1-foot reverse layup (Derik Queen assists)
- 1st Quarter · 1:36Jordan Poole makes free throw 2 of 2
- 1st Quarter · 1:36Jordan Poole makes free throw 1 of 2
- 1st Quarter · 1:56Jarace Walker makes 25-foot running jump shot (Andrew Nembhard assists)
- 1st Quarter · 2:19Pascal Siakam makes tip shot
- 1st Quarter · 2:41Saddiq Bey makes 24-foot three point jumper (Bennedict Mathurin assists)
- 1st Quarter · 2:55Andrew Nembhard makes free throw 2 of 2
- 1st Quarter · 3:10Saddiq Bey makes 12-foot fade away jump shot
- 1st Quarter · 3:24Pascal Siakam makes free throw 2 of 2
- 1st Quarter · 3:24Pascal Siakam makes free throw 1 of 2
- 1st Quarter · 4:03Bennedict Mathurin makes free throw 2 of 2
- 1st Quarter · 4:03Bennedict Mathurin makes free throw 1 of 2
- 1st Quarter · 4:41Ivica Zubac makes 2-foot hook shot (Tyrese Haliburton assists)
- 1st Quarter · 4:55Bennedict Mathurin makes 10-foot driving floating jump shot
- 1st Quarter · 5:53Yves Missi makes alley oop dunk (Bennedict Mathurin assists)
- 1st Quarter · 6:12Obi Toppin makes 23-foot three point jumper (Tyrese Haliburton assists)
Commentary: ESPN
Game stats
NOIND
43Field goals (%)52
33Three-pointers (%)30
92Free throws (%)69
49Rebounds43
23Assists29
14Turnovers13
11Steals9
6Blocks4
Head-to-head record
0
New Orleans Pelicans
0
Draws
1
Indiana Pacers
Last meetings
Oct 21, 2026New Orleans Pelicans120 – 123Indiana Pacers
Eastern Conference
| # | Team | W | L | PCT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  76ers | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | LLWWW |
| 2 |  Pistons | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | LWWWW |
| 3 |  Raptors | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | WLLWW |
| 4 |  Hawks | 2 | 1 | .667 | WWWWL |
| 5 |  Hornets | 2 | 1 | .667 | LLWLW |
| 6 |  Wizards | 2 | 1 | .667 | LLWLW |
| 7 |  Celtics | 1 | 1 | .500 | WWWLW |
| 8 |  Pacers | 1 | 1 | .500 | LLLWL |
| 9 |  Cavaliers | 1 | 1 | .500 | LWLLW |
| 10 |  Bulls | 1 | 2 | .333 | WWLWL |
| 11 |  Knicks | 0 | 2 | .000 | LLWLL |
| 12 |  Nets | 0 | 2 | .000 | WWLLL |
| 13 |  Magic | 0 | 2 | .000 | LWWLL |
| 14 |  Bucks | 0 | 3 | .000 | LWLLL |
| 15 |  Heat | 0 | 3 | .000 | WLLLL |
Western Conference
| # | Team | W | L | PCT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Rockets | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | LWWWW |
| 2 |  Timberwolves | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | WLLWW |
| 3 |  Trail Blazers | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | WWLWW |
| 4 |  Lakers | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | WLLWW |
| 5 |  Thunder | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | LWLWW |
| 6 |  Grizzlies | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | LWWWW |
| 7 |  Clippers | 1 | 1 | .500 | WLWWL |
| 8 |  Nuggets | 1 | 1 | .500 | WLWLW |
| 9 |  Jazz | 1 | 1 | .500 | LWWLW |
| 10 |  Suns | 1 | 1 | .500 | WLLLW |
| 11 |  Spurs | 1 | 2 | .333 | WWLLW |
| 12 |  Mavericks | 1 | 2 | .333 | LLLWL |
| 13 |  Kings | 0 | 2 | .000 | LLLLL |
| 14 |  Pelicans | 0 | 3 | .000 | WWLLL |
| 15 |  Warriors | 0 | 3 | .000 | WWLLL |
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Indiana Pacers beat New Orleans Pelicans 123-120 on Wednesday, October 21 (NBA).
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New Orleans Pelicans play Denver Nuggets on Wednesday, October 28 at 8:00 PM (ET).
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Indiana Pacers play Brooklyn Nets on Sunday, October 25 at 6:00 PM (ET).
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