{"id":559583,"date":"2026-01-25T09:01:18","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T09:01:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/559583\/"},"modified":"2026-01-25T09:01:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T09:01:18","slug":"atlanta-takes-on-indiana-in-conference-showdown-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/559583\/","title":{"rendered":"Atlanta takes on Indiana in conference showdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">Indiana Pacers (11-35, 14th in the Eastern Conference) vs. Atlanta Hawks (22-25, 10th in the Eastern Conference)<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Atlanta; Monday, 7:30 p.m. EST<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">BOTTOM LINE: Eastern Conference foes Atlanta and Indiana square off on Monday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The Hawks have gone 10-17 against Eastern Conference opponents. Atlanta leads the league with 31.0 assists per game led by Jalen Johnson averaging 8.0.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The Pacers are 7-23 against Eastern Conference opponents. Indiana has a 4-21 record in games decided by 10 or more points.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The Hawks score 117.4 points per game, 0.8 fewer points than the 118.2 the Pacers allow. The Hawks average 110.1 points per game, 8.6 fewer points than the 118.7 the Hawks allow to opponents.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The two teams play for the second time this season. The Hawks defeated the Pacers 128-108 in their last meeting on Oct. 31. Johnson led the Hawks with 22 points, and Pascal Siakam led the Pacers with 18 points.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">TOP PERFORMERS: Johnson is averaging 23.2 points, 10.5 rebounds and eight assists for the Hawks. Nickeil Alexander-Walker is averaging 3.2 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Siakam is averaging 23.8 points, 6.9 rebounds and four assists for the Pacers. Andrew Nembhard is averaging 15.1 points over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">LAST 10 GAMES: Hawks: 5-5, averaging 111.8 points, 44.1 rebounds, 29.9 assists, 10.1 steals and 4.5 blocks per game while shooting 44.8% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 114.3 points per game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Pacers: 5-5, averaging 108.2 points, 43.7 rebounds, 29.3 assists, 7.9 steals and 4.5 blocks per game while shooting 44.8% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 112.8 points.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">INJURIES: Hawks: Kristaps Porzingis: out (achilles), Zaccharie Risacher: out (knee), N&#8217;Faly Dante: out for season (knee).<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Pacers: Quenton Jackson: day to day (ankle), Bennedict Mathurin: day to day (thumb), Obi Toppin: out (foot), Tyrese Haliburton: out for season (achilles).<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">___<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dataskrive.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Data Skrive<\/a> and data from <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportradar.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sportradar<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Indiana Pacers (11-35, 14th in the Eastern Conference) vs. Atlanta Hawks (22-25, 10th in the Eastern Conference) Atlanta;&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":38965,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3776],"tags":[76319,1297,676,208,3874,7,677,6,446,66],"class_list":{"0":"post-559583","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-atlanta-hawks","8":"tag-76319","9":"tag-article","10":"tag-atlanta","11":"tag-atlanta-hawks","12":"tag-atlantahawks","13":"tag-basketball","14":"tag-hawks","15":"tag-nba","16":"tag-nba-basketball","17":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115954927857348987","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559583","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=559583"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559583\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=559583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=559583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=559583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}