Game ID: 22500144
Golden State Warriors @ Indiana Pacers
Saturday, November 1, 2025 at 7:00 PM ET
Gainbridge Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, IN
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
IND 28 25 29 32 114GSW 32 26 30 21 109
GSW @ IND ScoutingGSW @ IND Scouting
Welcome to the scouting desk. The coffee is cold, the film is play-by-play, and somebody has to explain what happened.
Every game has a hinge — a stretch where it was decided, usually while everyone was watching something else. Start where the evidence lives: the Lineups' face-offs say which five actually won their minutes; the Possessions ledger says who ran ahead of the night's own pace; the Shot Chart says where the points really came from, which is rarely where the highlights were. When all three agree, that is the story. When they don't — that is why this desk has a chair.
IND availability going into 10/25 · 1 day's rest
full strength
IND availability going into 10/26 · back-to-back
full strength
IND availability going into 10/29 · 2 days' restOUT Nembhard missed 2 since 10/25, out tonight
OUT Furphy missed 2 since 10/25, out tonight
NEW Sheppard 21 to 32 min over the last 3
NEW Toppin 18 to 27 min over the last 3
IND availability going into 10/31 · 1 day's restOUT Mathurin missed 2 since 10/26, out tonight
OUT Nembhard missed 3 since 10/25, out tonight
OUT Furphy missed 3 since 10/25, out tonight
OUT Wiseman missed 2 since 10/26, out tonight
OUT Peter missed 2 since 10/26, returns tonight: 8 min (62% of 13)
NEW Sheppard 21 to 30 min over the last 4
NEW Toppin 18 to 27 min over the last 3
NEW Dennis 13 to 28 min over the last 3
IND availability going into 11/01 · back-to-backOUT Mathurin missed 3 since 10/26, out tonight
OUT Nembhard missed 4 since 10/25, out tonight
OUT Furphy missed 4 since 10/25, returns tonight: 23 min (124% of 18)
OUT Toppin missed 2 since 10/29, out tonight
OUT Wiseman missed 3 since 10/26, out tonight
BACK Peter back 10/31 after 2, 8 min since (62% of 13)
NEW Sheppard 21 to 30 min over the last 5
NEW Dennis 13 to 28 min over the last 4
IND availability going into 11/03 · 1 day's restOUT Mathurin missed 4 since 10/26, out tonight
OUT Nembhard missed 5 since 10/25, out tonight
OUT Toppin missed 3 since 10/29, out tonight
OUT Wiseman missed 4 since 10/26, out tonight
BACK Furphy back 11/01 after 4, 23 min since (124% of 18)
BACK Peter back 10/31 after 2, 6 min since (48% of 13)
NEW Dennis 13 to 26 min over the last 5
IND availability going into 11/05 · 1 day's restOUT Mathurin missed 5 since 10/26, out tonight
OUT Nembhard missed 6 since 10/25, out tonight
OUT Toppin missed 4 since 10/29, out tonight
OUT Wiseman missed 5 since 10/26, out tonight
BACK Furphy back 11/01 after 4, 18 min since (97% of 18)
BACK Peter back 10/31 after 2, 8 min since (59% of 13)
NEW Walker 26 to 32 min over the last 5
NEW Dennis 13 to 22 min over the last 5
IND availability going into 11/08 · 2 days' restOUT Mathurin missed 6 since 10/26, out tonight
OUT Nembhard missed 7 since 10/25, returns tonight: 33 min (105% of 31)
OUT Toppin missed 5 since 10/29, out tonight
OUT Wiseman missed 6 since 10/26, out tonight
BACK Furphy back 11/01 after 4, 18 min since (97% of 18)
BACK Peter back 10/31 after 2, 10 min since (76% of 13)
NEW Walker 26 to 33 min over the last 5
NEW Isa. Jackson 17 to 22 min over the last 5
IND availability going into 11/09 · back-to-backOUT Mathurin missed 7 since 10/26, out tonight
OUT Furphy missed 2 since 11/05, out tonight
OUT Que. Jackson missed 2 since 11/05, out tonight
OUT Toppin missed 6 since 10/29, out tonight
OUT Wiseman missed 7 since 10/26, out tonight
BACK Nembhard back 11/08 after 7, 33 min since (105% of 31)
BACK Peter back 10/31 after 2, 10 min since (76% of 13)
NEW Isa. Jackson 17 to 23 min over the last 5
GSW availability going into 10/24 · back-to-backOUT Spencer missed 2 since 10/21, returns tonight: 11 min (59% of 19)
OUT Jackson-Davis missed 2 since 10/21, returns tonight: 17 min (146% of 11)
GSW availability going into 10/27 · 2 days' restBACK Spencer back 10/24 after 2, 11 min since (59% of 19)
BACK Jackson-Davis back 10/24 after 2, 17 min since (146% of 11)
NEW Kuminga 24 to 31 min over the last 3
GSW availability going into 10/28 · back-to-backOUT Horford missed 2 since 10/24, returns tonight: 20 min (95% of 22)
BACK Spencer back 10/24 after 2, 6 min since (32% of 19)
BACK Jackson-Davis back 10/24 after 2, 12 min since (103% of 11)
NEW Kuminga 24 to 31 min over the last 4
GSW availability going into 10/30 · 1 day's restBACK Horford back 10/28 after 2, 20 min since (95% of 22)
BACK Spencer back 10/24 after 2, 5 min since (27% of 19)
BACK Jackson-Davis back 10/24 after 2, 9 min since (77% of 11)
NEW Kuminga 24 to 30 min over the last 5
GSW availability going into 11/01 · 1 day's restBACK Horford back 10/28 after 2, 20 min since (95% of 22)
BACK Spencer back 10/24 after 2, 5 min since (27% of 19)
BACK Jackson-Davis back 10/24 after 2, 9 min since (77% of 11)
NEW Kuminga 24 to 30 min over the last 5
GSW availability going into 11/04 · 2 days' restOUT Spencer missed 2 since 10/30, returns tonight: 11 min (60% of 19)
OUT Jackson-Davis missed 2 since 10/30, returns tonight: 16 min (136% of 11)
BACK Horford back 10/28 after 2, 19 min since (87% of 22)
NEW Kuminga 24 to 29 min over the last 5
GSW availability going into 11/05 · back-to-backOUT Richard missed 2 since 11/01, returns tonight: 34 min (172% of 20)
BACK Horford back 10/28 after 2, 19 min since (87% of 22)
BACK Spencer back 11/04 after 2, 11 min since (60% of 19)
BACK Jackson-Davis back 11/04 after 2, 16 min since (136% of 11)
NEW Kuminga 24 to 30 min over the last 5
GSW availability going into 11/07 · 1 day's restBACK Horford back 10/28 after 2, 21 min since (96% of 22)
BACK Richard back 11/05 after 2, 34 min since (172% of 20)
BACK Spencer back 11/04 after 2, 14 min since (76% of 19)
BACK Jackson-Davis back 11/04 after 2, 12 min since (107% of 11)
NEW Kuminga 24 to 30 min over the last 5
GSW availability going into 11/09 · 1 day's restOUT Ste. Curry missed 2 since 11/05, out tonight
BACK Richard back 11/05 after 2, 27 min since (134% of 20)
BACK Spencer back 11/04 after 2, 17 min since (92% of 19)
BACK Jackson-Davis back 11/04 after 2, 14 min since (126% of 11)
NEW Kuminga 24 to 31 min over the last 5
I Know — the desk, before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Indiana comes in 0-5 over its last five, scoring 112 a night and allowing 124, shooting 39 percent and 31 from three, 30 free throws a game; Siakam at 25 and Toppin at 14 a game. That is 5 straight losses. Without Mathurin (3 straight), Nembhard (4 straight), Furphy (4 straight). Second night of a back-to-back. Golden State comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 119 a night and allowing 117, shooting 47 percent and 39 from three, 25 free throws a game; Ste. Curry at 28 and Butler III at 20 a game. One day's rest.
So: Golden State wins, on the road, and the game turns on the arc, Golden State at 39 percent from three to Indiana's 31 and the line, where Indiana takes 30 free throws a game to Golden State's 25. Call it Golden State 121, Indiana 115.
10/25 @ MEM 103-128 — IND notes
IND lost 103-128. IND shot 40% (36 of 89) to MEM's 45%, 14 of 40 from three, and got to the line 23 times to MEM's 32. IND turned it over 13 times to MEM's 4. Mathurin led with 26 (8 of 12, 8 of 9 at the line); Nesmith added 15, Siakam 13. Q1 was theirs, 21-23, but the other 3 periods went 105-82 against them. Sheppard's -24 in 24 minutes was the worst on the floor.
10/26 @ MIN 110-114 — IND notes
IND lost 110-114. IND shot 43% (39 of 91) to MIN's 46%, 14 of 40 from three, and got to the line 27 times to MIN's 37. Siakam led with 33 (11 of 24, 3 of 6 from three, 8 of 12 at the line); Nesmith added 18, Dennis 12. Q4 was theirs, 33-28, the deficit cut from 9 to 4, but the other 3 periods went 86-77 against them. Walker's -11 in 26 minutes was the worst on the floor.
10/29 @ DAL 105-107 — IND notes
IND lost 105-107. IND took 27 more shots (106 to 79), fed by 19 offensive rebounds, but shot 35% to DAL's 46%, 13 of 45 from three, and got to the line 28 times to DAL's 37. IND turned it over 12 times to DAL's 19. Siakam led with 27 (9 of 23, 2 of 5 from three, 7 of 12 at the line); Walker added 20, Dennis 17. Q1 was theirs, 30-25, but the other 3 periods went 82-75 against them. They led by as many as 14. I. Jackson's -13 in 11 minutes was the worst on the floor.
10/31 vs ATL 108-128 — IND notes
IND lost 108-128. IND shot 35% (35 of 99) to ATL's 54%, 13 of 47 from three, and went to the line 33 times to ATL's 20 — 25 points from the stripe to their 16. Siakam led with 18 (5 of 15, 2 of 6 from three, 6 of 10 at the line); Walker added 17, Q. Jackson 15. Q4 was theirs, 32-31, the deficit cut from 21 to 20, but the other 3 periods went 97-76 against them. They led by as many as 12. Dennis's -26 in 26 minutes was the worst on the floor.
11/01 vs GSW 114-109 — IND notes
IND won 114-109. IND shot 45% (40 of 89) to GSW's 43%, 10 of 33 from three, and went to the line 28 times to GSW's 22 — 24 points from the stripe to their 19. Nesmith led with 31 (10 of 19, 5 of 11 from three, 6 of 6 at the line); Siakam added 27, Q. Jackson 25. The hinge was Q4, 32-21: IND came in trailing by 6 and left it ahead by 5. IND trailed 53-58 at the half and won the second half 61-51. Q. Jackson was the night's best plus/minus at +20.
11/03 vs MIL — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Indiana comes in 1-4 over its last five, scoring 108 a night and allowing 117, shooting 39 percent and 31 from three, 28 free throws a game; Siakam at 24 and Nesmith at 16 a game. Without Mathurin (4 straight), Nembhard (5 straight), Toppin (3 straight). One day's rest. Milwaukee comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 122 a night and allowing 118, shooting 53 percent and 41 from three, 24 free throws a game; Gia. Antetokounmpo at 34 and Rollins at 20 a game. Without Porter Jr. (5 straight), Nance (4 straight). One day's rest.
So: Milwaukee wins, on the road, and the game turns on the arc, Milwaukee at 41 percent from three to Indiana's 31. Call it Milwaukee 120, Indiana 115.
11/05 vs BKN — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Indiana comes in 1-4 over its last five, scoring 110 a night and allowing 115, shooting 40 percent and 29 from three, 31 free throws a game; Siakam at 27 and Nesmith at 17 a game. Without Mathurin (5 straight), Nembhard (6 straight), Toppin (4 straight). One day's rest. Brooklyn comes in 0-5 over its last five, scoring 108 a night and allowing 125, shooting 43 percent and 30 from three, 27 free throws a game; Thomas at 25 and Porter Jr. at 20 a game. That is 5 straight losses. It has lost the glass by 5 a night. Without Etienne (3 straight). One day's rest.
So: Indiana wins, and the game turns on the defense, Indiana allowing 115 a night to Brooklyn's 125 and the glass, where Indiana has been plus-1 a night and Brooklyn minus-5. Call it Indiana 120, Brooklyn 113.
11/08 @ DEN — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Denver comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 122 a night and allowing 107, shooting 50 percent and 33 from three, 24 free throws a game; Jokić at 27 and Murray at 18 a game. That is 3 straight wins. It has won the glass by 7 a night. Second night of a back-to-back. Indiana comes in 1-4 over its last five, scoring 109 a night and allowing 115, shooting 40 percent and 29 from three, 28 free throws a game; Siakam at 25 and Nesmith at 16 a game. Without Mathurin (6 straight), Nembhard (7 straight), Toppin (5 straight). 2 days' rest.
So: Denver wins, and the game turns on the defense, Denver allowing 107 a night to Indiana's 115. Call it Denver 121, Indiana 109, Denver by 12.
11/09 @ GSW — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Golden State comes in 1-4 over its last five, scoring 111 a night and allowing 118, shooting 44 percent and 35 from three, 21 free throws a game; Ste. Curry at 26 and Richard at 16 a game. Without Ste. Curry (2 straight). One day's rest. Indiana comes in 1-4 over its last five, scoring 108 a night and allowing 117, shooting 40 percent and 28 from three, 29 free throws a game; Siakam at 23 and Nesmith at 20 a game. That is 3 straight losses. Without Mathurin (7 straight), Furphy (2 straight), Que. Jackson (2 straight). Second night of a back-to-back.
So: Golden State wins, and the game turns on the arc, Golden State at 35 percent from three to Indiana's 28 and the line, where Indiana takes 29 free throws a game to Golden State's 21. Call it Golden State 118, Indiana 111.
10/24 @ POR 119-139 — GSW notes
GSW lost 119-139. GSW shot 44% (35 of 80) to POR's 54%, 16 of 38 from three, and went to the line 39 times to POR's 25 — 33 points from the stripe to their 23. GSW turned it over 25 times to POR's 18, and POR turned those into 13 steals. Curry led with 35 (12 of 22, 7 of 14 from three); Kuminga added 16, Butler III 14. Q3 was theirs, 35-34, the deficit cut from 13 to 12, but the other 3 periods went 105-84 against them. Podziemski's -17 in 22 minutes was the worst on the floor.
10/27 vs MEM 131-118 — GSW notes
GSW won 131-118. GSW shot 53% (44 of 83) to MEM's 45%, 19 of 43 from three. Kuminga led with 25 (9 of 14, 7 of 8 at the line); Podziemski added 23, Butler III 20. The hinge was Q3, 36-24: a lead of 4 became 16, and the lead reached 22. Green was the night's best plus/minus at +18.
10/28 vs LAC 98-79 — GSW notes
GSW won 98-79. GSW shot 45% (39 of 86) to LAC's 37%, 17 of 45 from three, and got to the line 4 times to LAC's 16. Butler III led with 21 (9 of 12, 3 of 4 from three); Curry added 19, Podziemski 12. The hinge was Q3, 32-14: GSW came in trailing by 3 and left it ahead by 15, and the lead reached 24. GSW trailed 46-49 at the half and won the second half 52-30. Post was the night's best plus/minus at +34.
10/30 @ MIL 110-120 — GSW notes
GSW lost 110-120. GSW shot 42% (36 of 85) to MIL's 48%, 13 of 38 from three, and went to the line 26 times to MIL's 13 — 25 points from the stripe to their 9. GSW turned it over 19 times to MIL's 12. The glass went 44-34 for them. Curry led with 27 (8 of 19, 4 of 10 from three, 7 of 8 at the line); Kuminga added 24, Butler III 23. Q2 was theirs, 33-26, the deficit cut from 9 to 2, but the other 3 periods went 94-77 against them. Horford's -20 in 20 minutes was the worst on the floor.
11/01 @ IND 109-114 — GSW notes
GSW lost 109-114. GSW shot 43% (39 of 90) to IND's 45%, 12 of 44 from three, and got to the line 22 times to IND's 28. Curry led with 24 (8 of 23, 4 of 16 from three); Butler III added 20, Kuminga 17. Q1 was theirs, 32-28, but the other 3 periods went 86-77 against them. They led by as many as 11. Curry's -21 in 29 minutes was the worst on the floor.
11/04 vs PHX — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Golden State comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 113 a night and allowing 114, shooting 46 percent and 37 from three, 24 free throws a game; Ste. Curry at 24 and Butler III at 20 a game. Without Spencer (2 straight). 2 days' rest. Phoenix comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 121 a night and allowing 120, shooting 47 percent and 39 from three, 22 free throws a game; Booker at 32 and Allen at 17 a game. It has lost the glass by 6 a night. Without Brooks (4 straight). One day's rest.
So: Golden State wins, and the game turns on the glass, where Golden State has been plus-1 a night and Phoenix minus-6. Call it Golden State 119, Phoenix 116, Phoenix keeping it close.
11/05 @ SAC — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Sacramento comes in 1-4 over its last five, scoring 119 a night and allowing 125, shooting 49 percent and 35 from three, 26 free throws a game; LaVine at 26 and DeRozan at 21 a game. Without Plowden (7 straight), Monk (2 straight), McDermott (7 straight). One day's rest. Golden State comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 113 a night and allowing 108, shooting 47 percent and 38 from three, 20 free throws a game; Ste. Curry at 23 and Butler III at 17 a game. Without Richard (2 straight). Second night of a back-to-back.
So: Golden State wins, on the road, and the game turns on the defense, Golden State allowing 108 a night to Sacramento's 125 and the line, where Sacramento takes 26 free throws a game to Golden State's 20. Call it Golden State 117, Sacramento 116, Sacramento keeping it close.
11/07 @ DEN — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Denver comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 122 a night and allowing 109, shooting 49 percent and 33 from three, 24 free throws a game; Jokić at 27 and Murray at 22 a game. It has won the glass by 10 a night. Without Jones (3 straight), Pickett (3 straight). One day's rest. Golden State comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 110 a night and allowing 108, shooting 45 percent and 37 from three, 19 free throws a game; Ste. Curry at 24 and Kuminga at 17 a game. One day's rest.
So: Denver wins, and the game turns on the glass, where Denver has been plus-10 a night and Golden State minus-2 and the line, where Denver takes 24 free throws a game to Golden State's 19. Call it Denver 119, Golden State 111.
11/09 vs IND — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Golden State comes in 1-4 over its last five, scoring 111 a night and allowing 118, shooting 44 percent and 35 from three, 21 free throws a game; Ste. Curry at 26 and Richard at 16 a game. Without Ste. Curry (2 straight). One day's rest. Indiana comes in 1-4 over its last five, scoring 108 a night and allowing 117, shooting 40 percent and 28 from three, 29 free throws a game; Siakam at 23 and Nesmith at 20 a game. That is 3 straight losses. Without Mathurin (7 straight), Furphy (2 straight), Que. Jackson (2 straight). Second night of a back-to-back.
So: Golden State wins, and the game turns on the arc, Golden State at 35 percent from three to Indiana's 28 and the line, where Indiana takes 29 free throws a game to Golden State's 21. Call it Golden State 118, Indiana 111.
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
INDAN A. Nesmith
BS B. Sheppard
IJ I. Jackson
JF J. Furphy
JR J. Robinson-Earl
JW J. Walker
PS P. Siakam
QJ Q. Jackson
RD R. Dennis
TB T. Bradley
TP T. Peter
GSWAH A. Horford
BH B. Hield
BP B. Podziemski
DG D. Green
GP G. Payton II
GS G. Santos
JB J. Butler III
JK J. Kuminga
MM M. Moody
QP Q. Post
SC S. Curry
IND/GSW the team itself, not a player
-- the feed named nobody
What
What happened
the codes in the Events column
M2 / M3 made 2 / made 3
X2 / X3 missed 2 / missed 3
FT / X1 free throw made / missed
AST assist
OR / DR offensive / defensive rebound
STL steal
BLK block
TO turnover
FL foul
OF offensive foul — ends the possession
VIOL violation
JUMP jump ball
TM timeout
IR instant replay
HE heave at the buzzer, filed to the team
END the clock ran out, ball in hand
Where
Where a shot came from
the middle field of M3.LW.25
RM at the rim inside 4 ft
RC right corner
RW right wing
SO straight on
LW left wing
LC left corner
M3.LW.25 made 3, left wing, 25 ft
X2.RM.01 missed 2, at the rim, 1 ft
When
When it happened
the Offset column
one number per event, in the Events order:
whole seconds from the start of the
possession to that event
Events FL X3.RC.23 OR M2.RM.01
Offset 0 18 22 24
the foul opens the possession at 0s;
the putback ends it at 24s, which is
the possession's own Dur
Pacers snap season-opening 5-game losing streak with a 114-109 win over the Warriors
INDIANAPOLIS -- — Quenton Jackson scored 12 of his 25 points in the fourth quarter as the Indiana Pacers snapped a season-opening five-game losing streak with a 114-109 victory over the Golden State Warriors on Saturday night.
Aaron Nesmith scored 31 and Pascal Siakam added 27 for the Pacers.
Stephen Curry led the Warriors with 24 points. Jimmy Butler scored 20 points and Jonathan Kuminga 17 for Golden State.
After Indiana trailed by as many as 11 points in the fourth quarter, Jackson's 3-pointer with 1:09 left gave the Pacers a 109-107 lead. Butler dunked to tie the score at 109-all, but he failed to convert a three-point play.
Siakam hit a 3-pointer that put the Pacers ahead 112-109 with 37 seconds left. After a Kuminga missed, Jackson hit a pull-up jumper with 5.2 seconds left that extended the lead to 114-109.
Curry scored 18 points in the first half as the Warriors built a 58-55 halftime lead. Nesmith scored 18 and Siakam 16 to lead Indiana in the opening half.
Golden State shot 48% in the first half, while the Pacers shot 44%.
The Pacers led by as many as six points in the third quarter before the Warriors rallied for a 88-82 advantage heading into the fourth. Brandi Podziemski scored 10 of his 16 points in the third quarter for Golden State.
Indiana had been hard hit by injuries. Two-time All-Star Tyrese Haiiburton is expected to miss the entire season after tearing his Achilles tendon in Game 7 of the NBA Finals. On Friday, the Pacers announced that Obi Toppin will miss at least three months with a stress fracture in his right foot that requires surgery. Also sidelined for the Pacers are starters Bennedict Mathurin (foot) and Andrew Nembhard (left shoulder strain), along with key reserve player T.J. McConnell (left hamstring strain).
Up next Warriors: Host the Phoenix Suns on Tuesday.