The Indiana Pacers announced that Andrew Nembhard (calf), Micah Potter (triceps) and Ethan Thompson (G League\/Two-Way) will not be available for Wednesday night’s game against the Portland Trail Blazers.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Ivica Zubac (ankle), TJ McConnell (hamstring), Aaron Nesmith (ankle), Ben Sheppard (ankle), Quenton Jackson (calf), Jalen Slawson (G League\/Two-Way) and Taelon Peter (G League\/Two-Way) will all suit up and be available play.<\/p>\n
For the Blazers, center Robert Williams III (knee) is available to play.<\/p>\n
Here’s the rest of the injury report and game preview:<\/p>\n
INJURY REPORTPACERS<\/p>\n
Pascal Siakam: Out – Knee<\/p>\n
Andrew Nembhard: Out – Calf<\/p>\n
Aaron Nesmith: Available – Ankle<\/p>\n
Ivica Zubac: Available – Ankle<\/p>\n
Ben Sheppard: Available – Ankle<\/p>\n
T.J. McConnell: Available – Hamstring<\/p>\n
Obi Toppin: Out – Foot<\/p>\n
Quenton Jackson: Available – Calf<\/p>\n
Micah Potter: Out – Triceps<\/p>\n
Johnny Furphy: Out – Knee<\/p>\n
Tyrese Haliburton: Out – Achilles<\/p>\n
Taelon Peter: Available – G League (Two-Way)<\/p>\n
Ethan Thompson: Out – G League (Two-Way)<\/p>\n
Jalen Slawson: Available – G League (Two-Way)<\/p>\n
BLAZERS<\/p>\n
Robert Williams: Available – Knee<\/p>\n
Vit Krejci: Out – Calf<\/p>\n
Shaedon Sharpe: Out – Calf<\/p>\n
Damian Lillard: Out – Achilles<\/p>\n
Chris Youngblood: Out – G League (Two-Way)<\/p>\n
Caleb Love: Out – G League (Two-Way)<\/p>\n
Jayson Kent: Available – G League (Two-Way)<\/p>\n
Game date, time and location: Wednesday, Mar. 18, 7:30 p.m. EST, Gainbridge Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, Indiana<\/p>\n
TV: FanDuel Sports Network Indiana, KUNP, Blazervision\/Rip City TV (Portland)<\/p>\n
Radio:\u00a093.5 FM\/107.5 FM (Indiana), Rip City Radio 620 AM (Portland)<\/p>\n
VITALS:\u00a0The\u00a0Indiana Pacers<\/a>\u00a0(15-54) and\u00a0Portland Trail Blazers<\/a>\u00a0(33-36) meet for the second of two regular season matchups, with the Blazers winning the first matchup, (131-111 on Mar. 8).<\/p>\n The Pacers are 39-63 all-time versus the Blazers during the regular season, including 28-23 in home games and 11-40 in road games. The Pacers split the season series against the Blazers in the 2024-2025 regular season, while the Blazers won the the series in 2023-2024.<\/p>\n PROJECTED STARTERSPACERS<\/p>\n G TJ McConnell<\/p>\n G Aaron Nesmith<\/p>\n C Ivica Zubac<\/p>\n F Jalen Slawson<\/p>\n F Jarace Walker<\/p>\n BLAZERS<\/p>\n G Jrue Holiday<\/p>\n G Deni Avdija<\/p>\n C Donovan Clingan<\/p>\n F Jerami Grant<\/p>\n F Toumani Camara<\/p>\n Spread: Pacers +12.5 (-114), Blazers -12.5 (-106)<\/p>\n Moneyline: Pacers +520, Blazers -720<\/p>\n Total points scored: 231.5 (over -114, under -106)<\/p>\n Game odds refresh periodically and are subject to change. If you or someone you know has a gambling problem and wants help, call 1-800-GAMBLER.<\/p>\n QUOTABLE<\/p>\n Indiana Pacers head coach Rick Carlisle after loss to New York Knicks:\u00a0“They played a championship-caliber game tonight. They were dominant on the boards, they were dominant shooting the ball. They were dominant in the ball security department so, give them a lot of credit. I thought they just, they moved it and we didn’t play with enough presence to get them out of any rhythm at all but they had a lot to do with it.”<\/p>\n Alexander Toledo is a contributor to Indiana Pacers On SI and producer\/co-host of the\u00a0Five on the Floor podcast<\/a>, covering the Miami Heat and NBA. He can be reached at\u00a0Twitter: @tropicalblanket<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Indiana Pacers announced that Andrew Nembhard (calf), Micah Potter (triceps) and Ethan Thompson (G League\/Two-Way) will not…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":668302,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3774],"tags":[7,113,126,3866,6,114],"class_list":{"0":"post-668301","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-indiana-pacers","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-indiana","10":"tag-indiana-pacers","11":"tag-indianapacers","12":"tag-nba","13":"tag-pacers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116260156802669279","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668301","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=668301"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668301\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/668302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=668301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=668301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=668301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}