{"id":682958,"date":"2026-03-27T22:04:33","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T22:04:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/682958\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T22:04:33","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T22:04:33","slug":"indiana-receives-multiple-injury-updates-for-clippers-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/682958\/","title":{"rendered":"Indiana receives multiple injury updates for Clippers clash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After the Indiana <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nba\/indiana-pacers\/pacers-news-fans-in-party-mode-after-indiana-ended-brutal-16-game-losing-streak\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pacers snapped a 16-game losing streak<\/a> with a 128-126 win against the Orlando Magic, they announced a couple of injury updates for Friday&#8217;s matchup against the LA Clippers. After following up his 19-point performance, including five threes in Monday&#8217;s win, Aaron Nesmith scored 14 points in Wednesday&#8217;s 137-130 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers. He is listed as probable on the Pacers&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/ak-static.cms.nba.com\/referee\/injury\/Injury-Report_2026-03-27_12_00PM.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">injury report<\/a> ahead of facing the Clippers.<\/p>\n<p>Nesmith is dealing with a sore lower back. Obi Toppin, who&#8217;s dealing with the same nagging back injury, is listed as questionable. The Pacers will look to bounce back from their 137-130 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>After the loss, Pacers head <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nba\/indiana-pacers\/pacers-news-rick-carlisle-jokes-silver-lining-getting-torched-luka-doncic\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">coach Rick Carlisle joked about a silver lining<\/a>: his team managed to hold Lakers All-Star Luka Doncic, who scored 43 points, below his average against the Pacers.<\/p>\n<p>Carlisle <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TonyREast\/status\/2036984921865040043\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">addressed<\/a> Doncic&#8217;s scoring during his postgame media availability, per Forbes Sports&#8217; Tony East.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe kept him under our average against us,\u201d Carlisle said.<\/p>\n<p>The Pacers, 16-57, have the worst record in the NBA this season. The Brooklyn Nets (17-56) and the Washington Wizards (17-55), both of whom are not far behind in the Eastern Conference standings, are tied in the win column. Friday&#8217;s matchup is the second of a three-game home stand for the Pacers.<\/p>\n<p>Pacers injury report<\/p>\n<p>Johnny Furphy \u2014 Out \u2014 Right ACL; tear<\/p>\n<p>Tyrese Haliburton \u2014 Out \u2014 Right Achilles tendon; tear<\/p>\n<p>Aaron Nesmith \u2014 Probable \u2014 Low back; soreness<\/p>\n<p>Obi Toppin \u2014 Questionable \u2014 Low back; soreness<\/p>\n<p>Ivica Zubac \u2014 Out \u2014 Ribs; fracture<\/p>\n<p>Clippers injury report<\/p>\n<p>Bradley Beal \u2014 Out \u2014 Left hip; fracture<\/p>\n<p>Jordan Miller \u2014 Questionable \u2014 Back; soreness<\/p>\n<p>Yanic Konan Niederhauser \u2014 Out \u2014 Right Lisfranc ligament tear<\/p>\n<p>After the Indiana Pacers snapped a 16-game losing streak with a 128-126 win against the Orlando Magic, they announced a couple of injury updates for Friday&#8217;s matchup against the LA Clippers.  After following up his 19-point performance, including five threes in Monday&#8217;s win, Aaron Nesmith scored 14 points in Wednesday&#8217;s 137-130 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After the Indiana Pacers snapped a 16-game losing streak with a 128-126 win against the Orlando Magic, they&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":682959,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3789],"tags":[7,559,126,4034,192,4032,251,135,4033,4031,6,14502],"class_list":{"0":"post-682958","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles-clippers","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-clippers","10":"tag-indiana-pacers","11":"tag-la","12":"tag-la-clippers","13":"tag-laclippers","14":"tag-los-angeles","15":"tag-los-angeles-clippers","16":"tag-losangeles","17":"tag-losangelesclippers","18":"tag-nba","19":"tag-nba-injury"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116303408001360977","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/682958","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=682958"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/682958\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/682959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=682958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=682958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=682958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}