{"id":642851,"date":"2026-03-06T09:26:20","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T09:26:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/642851\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T09:26:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T09:26:20","slug":"indiana-faces-los-angeles-seeks-to-end-7-game-skid-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/642851\/","title":{"rendered":"Indiana faces Los Angeles, seeks to end 7-game skid"},"content":{"rendered":"

Indiana Pacers<\/a> (15-47, 15th in the Eastern Conference) vs. Los Angeles Lakers<\/a> (37-25, sixth in the Western Conference)<\/p>\n

Los Angeles; Friday, 10:30 p.m. EST<\/p>\n

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Lakers -10; over\/under is 234.5<\/p>\n

BOTTOM LINE: Indiana comes into the matchup against Los Angeles as losers of seven games in a row.<\/p>\n

The Lakers are 18-12 on their home court. Los Angeles is fifth in the Western Conference with 51.5 points per game in the paint led by LeBron James<\/a> averaging 11.2.<\/p>\n

The Pacers are 5-25 on the road. Indiana is 6-5 in games decided by less than 4 points.<\/p>\n

The Lakers are shooting 49.9% from the field this season, 1.0 percentage point higher than the 48.9% the Pacers allow to opponents. The Pacers’ 45.0% shooting percentage from the field this season is 3.5 percentage points lower than the Lakers have given up to their opponents (48.5%).<\/p>\n

TOP PERFORMERS: Luka Doncic<\/a> is averaging 32.3 points, 7.8 rebounds and 8.6 assists for the Lakers. James is averaging 18.0 points over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n

Pascal Siakam<\/a> is averaging 24 points, 6.7 rebounds and 3.9 assists for the Pacers. Micah Potter<\/a> is averaging 2.2 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n

LAST 10 GAMES: Lakers: 5-5, averaging 114.5 points, 39.1 rebounds, 27.3 assists, 8.4 steals and 5.1 blocks per game while shooting 49.6% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 112.2 points per game.<\/p>\n

Pacers: 2-8, averaging 114.5 points, 40.1 rebounds, 28.6 assists, 7.2 steals and 3.8 blocks per game while shooting 46.7% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 126.6 points.<\/p>\n

INJURIES: Lakers: LeBron James: day to day (elbow), Maxi Kleber: day to day (back), Deandre Ayton<\/a>: day to day (knee).<\/p>\n

Pacers: Pascal Siakam: day to day (wrist), Andrew Nembhard<\/a>: day to day (back), Johnny Furphy: out for season (knee), Aaron Nesmith<\/a>: day to day (ankle), Ivica Zubac: out (ankle), Tyrese Haliburton<\/a>: out for season (achilles).<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Indiana Pacers (15-47, 15th in the Eastern Conference) vs. Los Angeles Lakers (37-25, sixth in the Western Conference)…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":156982,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3774],"tags":[280,1784,7,1586,78812,113,126,3866,185,150,368,32137,1407,6,114,279,278],"class_list":{"0":"post-642851","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-indiana-pacers","8":"tag-aaron-nesmith","9":"tag-andrew-nembhard","10":"tag-basketball","11":"tag-deandre-ayton","12":"tag-event_preview","13":"tag-indiana","14":"tag-indiana-pacers","15":"tag-indianapacers","16":"tag-lebron-james","17":"tag-los-angeles-lakers","18":"tag-luka-doncic","19":"tag-micah-potter","20":"tag-national-basketball-association","21":"tag-nba","22":"tag-pacers","23":"tag-pascal-siakam","24":"tag-tyrese-haliburton"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116181518764508546","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/642851","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=642851"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/642851\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/156982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=642851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=642851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=642851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}