Indiana Pacers vs Charlotte Hornets AI Sports Picks & Predictions

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Indiana PacersIND

114–112

Final

Charlotte HornetsCHA

Team Season Averages

Indiana PacersLeads 3 of 10

Charlotte HornetsLeads 7 of 10

Offense

110.8Points per game115.5
24.5Assists per game26.2
44.1%Field goal percentage45.6%

Defense

119.7Points allowed per game117.3
7.2Steals per game6.8
5.0Blocks per game4.8

Pace

42.5Rebounds per game44.9
13.4Turnovers per game14.9

3-Point

33.8%Three-point percentage37.1%
77.2%Free throw percentage81.4%

Highlighted values lead the matchup; for points allowed, turnovers and similar stats, lower is better.

Odds

Sportsbook	Spread (CHA)	Total	IND ML	CHA ML
DDraftKings	-4.5	232.5	+160	-192
FFanDuel	-4.5	232.5	+152	-180
BBetMGM	-4.5	232.5	+154	-190
CCaesars	-4.5	232.5	+158	-190
BBetRivers	-5	—	+160	-200
BBovada	-4.5	232.5	+155	-180
EESPN BET	-4.5	232.5	+155	-185
FFanatics	-4.5	232.5	+160	-190
HHardrock	-4.5	232.5	+150	-180

Game Information

Venue to be announced

Stadium

Jan 8, 2026

7:00 PM EST

Gametime weather

Conditions pending

Lineups

IND

Starters

CHA

Starters

Rankings

Team	Overall	Offense	Defense	Rebound	3-Point
IND	28th	28th	25th	24th	28th
CHA	19th	18th	20th	11th	6th

Matchup

INDCHA

6-31Record13-24
37Games played37
-8.9Point diff-1.8
2Rest days1 (B2B)

Scores

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	T
IND	33	27	30	24	114
CHA	30	28	29	25	112

Team Stats

INDStatCHA

114Points112
41-82 (50.0%)FG39-86 (45.3%)
12-27 (44.4%)3PT16-44 (36.4%)
20-21 (95.2%)FT18-24 (75.0%)
41Rebounds35
25Assists29
9Steals8
6Blocks3
19Turnovers16

Player Stats

IND

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Pascal SiakamF	36	30	14	3	0	0	6	12/23	3/4	3/3	—
T.J. McConnellG	28	23	4	8	4	0	4	10/17	1/3	2/2	—
Aaron NesmithG-F	35	16	5	2	1	1	2	5/12	3/7	3/3	—
Jay HuffF-C	24	10	2	0	0	3	1	4/4	2/2	0/0	—
Ben SheppardG	27	7	4	2	0	0	0	2/4	1/3	2/3	—
Tony BradleyC	15	7	3	0	1	0	2	3/3	0/0	1/1	—
Johnny FurphyG	26	7	6	2	1	1	1	1/3	1/2	4/4	—
Micah PotterF	8	5	0	0	0	0	0	2/4	1/2	0/0	—
Quenton JacksonG	18	4	0	5	1	1	1	2/7	0/2	0/0	—
Ethan ThompsonG	8	3	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0/0	3/3	—
Jarace WalkerF	13	2	3	1	1	0	1	0/5	0/2	2/2	—
Kam JonesG	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	—
Obi ToppinF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	—
Taelon PeterG	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	—
Isaiah JacksonF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	—
Andrew NembhardG-F	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	—
Tyrese HaliburtonG	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	—
Bennedict MathurinG-F	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	—

CHA

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
LaMelo BallG	27	33	3	8	3	0	3	12/24	7/15	2/2	—
Miles BridgesF	36	19	6	4	1	0	2	7/13	3/6	2/4	—
Kon KnueppelG-F	29	18	8	3	1	0	0	5/12	2/6	6/6	—
Collin SextonG	18	11	0	5	2	0	3	5/9	1/3	0/0	—
Moussa DiabateF	36	10	5	1	0	1	1	2/5	0/0	6/8	—
Brandon MillerF	19	6	4	3	0	2	3	2/8	1/5	1/2	—
Sion JamesG	22	4	2	2	0	0	1	1/3	1/3	1/2	—
Tidjane SalaunF	13	4	2	1	0	0	0	2/5	0/3	0/0	—
Josh GreenG	18	3	0	0	1	0	1	1/3	1/2	0/0	—
PJ HallC	11	2	4	1	0	0	2	1/2	0/0	0/0	—
Liam McNeeleyF	11	2	1	1	0	0	0	1/2	0/1	0/0	—
Tre MannG	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	—
K.J. SimpsonG	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	—
Mason PlumleeF-C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	—
Antonio ReevesG	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	—
Grant WilliamsF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	—
Pat ConnaughtonG	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	—
Ryan KalkbrennerC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	—

Scoring Summary

128 events · 118 scoring

1st Quarter

10:45CHA
Collin Sexton makes running layup (Brandon Miller assists)
0-2
10:28IND
Pascal Siakam makes driving layup
2-2
10:12CHA
Miles Bridges makes 8-foot driving floating jump shot (Collin Sexton assists)
2-4
9:49IND
Pascal Siakam makes 11-foot two point shot
4-4
9:12IND
Johnny Furphy makes 25-foot three point jumper (Quenton Jackson assists)
7-4
8:49IND
Johnny Furphy makes free throw 1 of 2
8-4
8:49IND
Johnny Furphy makes free throw 2 of 2
9-4
7:50IND
Pascal Siakam makes 19-foot pullup jump shot
11-4
7:28IND
T.J. McConnell makes 7-foot fade away jump shot (Pascal Siakam assists)
13-4
7:01IND
Ben Sheppard makes 25-foot three point jumper (T.J. McConnell assists)
16-4
6:48CHA
Moussa Diabate makes alley oop dunk (Collin Sexton assists)
16-6
6:23IND
Pascal Siakam makes free throw 1 of 2
17-6
6:23IND
Pascal Siakam makes free throw 2 of 2
18-6
6:08CHA
Brandon Miller makes 11-foot turnaround jump shot
18-8
5:30IND
Ben Sheppard makes technical free throw
19-8
5:30CHA
Brandon Miller makes free throw 2 of 2
19-9
5:13CHA
LaMelo Ball makes running layup
19-11
5:13CHA
LaMelo Ball makes free throw 1 of 1
19-12
4:55IND
Micah Potter makes 23-foot three point jumper (Kam Jones assists)
22-12
4:38CHA
LaMelo Ball makes 6-foot pullup jump shot
22-14
4:21IND
Pascal Siakam makes driving layup (Ben Sheppard assists)
24-14
4:10CHA
Josh Green makes 24-foot three point jumper (LaMelo Ball assists)
24-17
3:56IND
Pascal Siakam makes 26-foot three point jumper (Kam Jones assists)
27-17
3:48CHA
Brandon Miller makes 25-foot three point jumper (LaMelo Ball assists)
27-20
3:19IND
Pascal Siakam makes running layup (Johnny Furphy assists)
29-20
3:14CHA
Moussa Diabate makes 1-foot dunk (Brandon Miller assists)
29-22
2:11IND
Micah Potter makes 2-foot dunk (Quenton Jackson assists)
31-22
1:41CHA
LaMelo Ball makes 25-foot three point jumper (Tidjane Salaun assists)
31-25
1:34IND
Jarace Walker makes free throw 1 of 2
32-25
1:34IND
Jarace Walker makes free throw 2 of 2
33-25
43.4CHA
PJ Hall makes tip in dunk
33-27
0.0CHA
LaMelo Ball makes 25-foot fade away jump shot
33-30

2nd Quarter

11:02IND
T.J. McConnell makes 12-foot pullup jump shot
35-30
10:32IND
Tony Bradley makes 7-foot turnaround jump shot (T.J. McConnell assists)
37-30
10:32IND
Tony Bradley makes free throw 1 of 1
38-30
10:15CHA
Kon Knueppel makes driving layup (Sion James assists)
38-32
10:15CHA
Kon Knueppel makes free throw 1 of 1
38-33
10:02IND
Aaron Nesmith makes 25-foot three point jumper (T.J. McConnell assists)
41-33
8:50CHA
Sion James makes free throw 2 of 2
41-34
8:38IND
T.J. McConnell makes 5-foot pullup jump shot
43-34
8:24CHA
Tidjane Salaun makes driving layup (Sion James assists)
43-36
7:50IND
Ethan Thompson makes free throw 1 of 3
44-36
7:50IND
Ethan Thompson makes free throw 2 of 3
45-36
7:50IND
Ethan Thompson makes free throw 3 of 3
46-36
7:31CHA
Liam McNeeley makes driving layup (Miles Bridges assists)
46-38
6:57CHA
Miles Bridges makes 25-foot three point jumper (Moussa Diabate assists)
46-41
6:37IND
Aaron Nesmith makes 26-foot three point jumper (Quenton Jackson assists)
49-41
6:12CHA
Moussa Diabate makes free throw 1 of 2
49-42
6:12CHA
Moussa Diabate makes free throw 2 of 2
49-43
5:47CHA
LaMelo Ball makes 16-foot step back jumpshot
49-45
5:38IND
Quenton Jackson makes driving layup
51-45
5:04CHA
LaMelo Ball makes 28-foot running pullup jump shot (Miles Bridges assists)
51-48
4:08CHA
LaMelo Ball makes 25-foot three pointer (Miles Bridges assists)
51-51
4:08CHA
LaMelo Ball makes free throw 1 of 1
51-52
3:49IND
Tony Bradley makes 5-foot two point shot
53-52
3:34CHA
Miles Bridges makes free throw 1 of 2
53-53
2:07IND
T.J. McConnell makes 8-foot jumper (Pascal Siakam assists)
55-53
1:48CHA
Miles Bridges makes 4-foot two point shot (LaMelo Ball assists)
55-55
1:36IND
Pascal Siakam makes 26-foot three point jumper (T.J. McConnell assists)
58-55
1:02CHA
Moussa Diabate makes free throw 2 of 2
58-56
46.6IND
Tony Bradley makes layup (T.J. McConnell assists)
60-56
0.0CHA
LaMelo Ball makes driving layup
60-58

3rd Quarter

11:41CHA
Kon Knueppel makes driving layup (Collin Sexton assists)
60-60
11:24IND
Aaron Nesmith makes 10-foot fade away jump shot (Quenton Jackson assists)
62-60
11:06IND
Aaron Nesmith makes free throw 1 of 2
63-60
11:06IND
Aaron Nesmith makes free throw 2 of 2
64-60
10:41CHA
Collin Sexton makes driving layup (Brandon Miller assists)
64-62
10:21IND
Aaron Nesmith makes driving layup (Pascal Siakam assists)
66-62
10:00IND
Jay Huff makes 1-foot dunk (Quenton Jackson assists)
68-62
9:49IND
Aaron Nesmith makes technical free throw
69-62
9:29CHA
Collin Sexton makes 22-foot running jump shot (Kon Knueppel assists)
69-65
9:10IND
Quenton Jackson makes 1-foot running dunk
71-65
8:44IND
Pascal Siakam makes two point shot
73-65
8:06IND
Pascal Siakam makes two point shot
75-65
7:01CHA
Collin Sexton makes 9-foot running pullup jump shot (Miles Bridges assists)
75-67
6:26CHA
LaMelo Ball makes 26-foot three point jumper (Kon Knueppel assists)
75-70
5:52IND
Johnny Furphy makes free throw 1 of 2
76-70
5:52IND
Johnny Furphy makes free throw 2 of 2
77-70
5:06IND
Ben Sheppard makes running layup (Johnny Furphy assists)
79-70
4:54CHA
Kon Knueppel makes 13-foot pullup jump shot
79-72
4:25CHA
LaMelo Ball makes driving layup (Kon Knueppel assists)
79-74
3:58CHA
LaMelo Ball makes 26-foot three point step back jumpshot (PJ Hall assists)
79-77
3:37IND
T.J. McConnell makes 26-foot three point jumper (Ben Sheppard assists)
82-77
3:13IND
T.J. McConnell makes free throw 1 of 2
83-77
3:13IND
T.J. McConnell makes free throw 2 of 2
84-77
2:57CHA
Kon Knueppel makes free throw 1 of 2
84-78
2:57CHA
Kon Knueppel makes free throw 2 of 2
84-79
2:43IND
T.J. McConnell makes 9-foot fade away jump shot
86-79
2:04IND
T.J. McConnell makes 12-foot pullup jump shot (Jarace Walker assists)
88-79
1:52CHA
Kon Knueppel makes 25-foot three point jumper (LaMelo Ball assists)
88-82
1:36IND
T.J. McConnell makes 11-foot pullup jump shot
90-82
1:23CHA
Tidjane Salaun makes driving layup (LaMelo Ball assists)
90-84
32.9CHA
LaMelo Ball makes 28-foot three point jumper
90-87

4th Quarter

11:19CHA
Miles Bridges makes 25-foot three point jumper (Collin Sexton assists)
90-90
10:26CHA
Miles Bridges makes 10-foot turnaround jump shot (Collin Sexton assists)
90-92
9:59IND
Pascal Siakam makes 26-foot three point jumper (Aaron Nesmith assists)
93-92
9:38CHA
Collin Sexton makes driving layup
93-94
9:11CHA
Sion James makes 23-foot three point jumper (Liam McNeeley assists)
93-97
8:47IND
Jay Huff makes 26-foot three point jumper (T.J. McConnell assists)
96-97
8:05IND
T.J. McConnell makes 10-foot pullup jump shot
98-97
7:33IND
Aaron Nesmith makes 23-foot three point jumper (T.J. McConnell assists)
101-97
7:06CHA
Miles Bridges makes free throw 1 of 2
101-98
6:46IND
Jay Huff makes 25-foot three point jumper (Aaron Nesmith assists)
104-98
6:27CHA
Kon Knueppel makes 23-foot three point jumper (LaMelo Ball assists)
104-101
5:52CHA
Miles Bridges makes 26-foot three point jumper (LaMelo Ball assists)
104-104
5:35IND
Jay Huff makes 1-foot dunk (T.J. McConnell assists)
106-104
4:45CHA
Miles Bridges makes 1-foot dunk (LaMelo Ball assists)
106-106
3:32IND
Pascal Siakam makes 3-foot two point shot
108-106
3:32IND
Pascal Siakam makes free throw 1 of 1
109-106
2:48CHA
Moussa Diabate makes free throw 1 of 2
109-107
2:48CHA
Moussa Diabate makes free throw 2 of 2
109-108
1:56CHA
Kon Knueppel makes free throw 1 of 3
109-109
1:56CHA
Kon Knueppel makes free throw 2 of 3
109-110
1:56CHA
Kon Knueppel makes free throw 3 of 3
109-111
1:26CHA
Moussa Diabate makes free throw 2 of 2
109-112
51.1IND
T.J. McConnell makes 12-foot pullup jump shot
111-112
11.5IND
Pascal Siakam makes driving layup
113-112
8.0IND
Pacers offensive team rebound
113-112
8.0IND
Johnny Furphy enters the game for Jay Huff
113-112
8.0IND
Ben Sheppard makes free throw 2 of 2
114-112
8.0CHA
Hornets Full timeout
114-112
8.0CHA
Collin Sexton enters the game for Moussa Diabate
114-112
8.0IND
Quenton Jackson enters the game for T.J. McConnell
114-112
8.0CHA
LaMelo Ball enters the game for Josh Green
114-112
0.7CHA
Collin Sexton misses 17-foot step back jumpshot
114-112
0.7IND
Johnny Furphy defensive rebound
114-112
0.0
End of the 4th Quarter
114-112
0.0
End of Game
114-112

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