{"id":526372,"date":"2026-01-09T03:36:26","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T03:36:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/526372\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T03:36:26","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T03:36:26","slug":"indiana-pacers-beat-charlotte-hornets-to-end-13-game-skid-rick-carlisle-his-1000th-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/526372\/","title":{"rendered":"Indiana Pacers beat Charlotte Hornets to end 13-game skid, Rick Carlisle his 1,000th win"},"content":{"rendered":"

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — \u2014 Pascal Siakam<\/a> scored 30 points, grabbed 14 rebounds and made a driving layup with 11.5 seconds left to lift Indiana to a 114-112 win over the Charlotte Hornets<\/a> on Thursday night that snapped the Pacers\u2019 13-game skid and finally gave coach Rick Carlisle his 1,000th career win. <\/p>\n

Carlisle had been stuck on 999 victories since his injury-depleted team beat Sacramento on Dec. 8. He improved to 1,000-891 in 24 seasons as an NBA coach. <\/p>\n

T.J. McConnell<\/a> added 23 points and eight assists, and Aaron Nesmith<\/a> chipped in 16 points. <\/p>\n

LaMelo Ball<\/a> made seven 3-pointers and had 33 points and eight assists off the bench to lead the Hornets, who lost a heartbreaker at home for the second straight night. <\/p>\n

After Siakam scored to put the Pacers in front, McConnell stole the ensuing inbounds pass. Ben Sheppard<\/a> made one of two free throws, giving the Hornets the ball with 8 seconds left and a chance to tie or win. <\/p>\n

However, the play broke down, Collin Sexton<\/a>\u2019s jump shot hit the front rim and the Hornets were unable to corral the rebound. <\/p>\n

Charlotte lost 97-96 to Toronto on Wednesday night on a buzzer-beating 3 by Immanuel Quickley<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Hornets coach Charles Lee opted to not start Ball on the second night of a back-to-back, going with Sexton at point guard instead. The move was designed to help Ball manage wear and tear on his body given his history of missing games with ankle problems. <\/p>\n

It is the first time Ball has come off the bench since Jan. 30, 2021. Charlotte\u2019s Brandon Miller<\/a> was ejected for arguing with officials with 9:49 in the third quarter. He finished with six points.<\/p>\n

Pacers: Host Miami on Saturday night. <\/p>\n

Hornets: Visit Utah on Saturday night. <\/p>\n

—— <\/p>\n

AP NBA: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/NBA <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CHARLOTTE, N.C. — \u2014 Pascal Siakam scored 30 points, grabbed 14 rebounds and made a driving layup with…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":526373,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3777],"tags":[7,684,473,57842,3878,685,72747,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-526372","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-charlotte-hornets","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-charlotte","10":"tag-charlotte-hornets","11":"tag-charlotte-hornets-sports-basketball-team-team-statscom-5312","12":"tag-charlottehornets","13":"tag-hornets","14":"tag-indiana-pacers-sports-basketball-team-team-statscom-11","15":"tag-nba"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115863053081932268","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/526372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=526372"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/526372\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/526373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=526372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=526372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=526372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}