{"id":682357,"date":"2026-03-27T15:57:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T15:57:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/682357\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T15:57:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T15:57:13","slug":"clippers-bennedict-mathurin-has-a-message-for-pacers-ahead-of-his-return-to-indiana-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/682357\/","title":{"rendered":"Clippers&#8217; Bennedict Mathurin Has a Message for Pacers Ahead of His Return to Indiana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Los Angeles Clippers head to Indiana to take on the Pacers on Friday with the hopes of extending their winning streak to four. Hitting their stride and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nba\/clippers\/onsi\/news\/clippers-get-excellent-kawhi-leonard-injury-update-ahead-pacers-clash-01kmqm7x4wd6\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">getting healthy at the perfect time<\/a>, the Clippers are clear favorites to defeat the team with the worst record in the NBA. While the Clippers are laser-focused on clinching a postseason birth through the Play-In Tournament, Friday&#8217;s game carries a special significance for Bennedict Mathurin. <\/p>\n<p>The former Pacer, who was drafted by Indiana with the No. 6 pick in the 2022 NBA Draft, is back in Indiana for the first time since the trade to the Clippers. The 23-year-old swingman will be back at the Gainbridge Fieldhouse after spending three and a half seasons there. Naturally, Mathurin has a few complex emotions ahead of the game. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Los Angeles Clippers head to Indiana to take on the Pacers on Friday with the hopes of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":682358,"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-682357","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\/116301964578489834","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/682357","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=682357"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/682357\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/682358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=682357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=682357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=682357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}