Game Thread 2025-26 GAME #70 - BLAZERS @ PACERS - MARCH 18, 2026 - WEDNESDAY - 4:30 PM - KUNP - BLAZERVISION

[Chris Craig]

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REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS

BLAZERS 33-36 PACERS 15-53

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STARTERS


Jrue Holiday Deni Avdija

Jerami Grant Toumani Camara

Donovan Clingan


TJ McConnell Aaron Nesmith

Jalen Slawson Jarace Wallace

Ivica Zubac ​

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WHEN: MARCH 18, 2026 - WEDNESDAY - 4:30 PM PST

WHERE: GAINBRIDGE FIELDHOUSE INDIANAPOLIS IN



TV BROADCAST



STREAMING



RADIO BROADCAST


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BENCH


Robert Williams III° Scoot Henderson

Matisse Thybulle Sidy Cissiko

Vit Krejci° Blake Wesley

Kris Murray Yang Hansen

Caleb Love* Chris Youngblood*

Jayson Kent* Damian Lillard°

Shaedon Sharpe°

* two Way Player ° Injured Player


Jay Huff Ben Sheppard°

Obi Toppin Kobe Brown

Micah Potter° Quentin Jackson°

Kam Jones Ethan Thompson*

Taelon Peter* Tyrese Halliburton°

Pascal Siakam° Andrew Nembhard°

Johnny Furphy°

* Two Way Player ° Injured Player


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COACH


Tiago Splitter


Rick Carlisle

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INJURIES

BLAZERS

Damian Lillard - Achilles - Out
Shaedon Sharpe - Leg - Out
Vit Krejci - Calf - Quest
Robert Williams III - Knee - Quest

PACERS

Tyrese Halliburton - Achilles - Out
Johnny Furphy - ACL - Out
Pascal Siakam - Knee - Doubt
Aaron Nesmith - Ankle - Quest
Andrew Nembhard - Calf - Quest
TJ McConnell - Ham - Quest
Quentin Jackson - Calf - Quest
Ben Sheppard - Ankle - Quest
Obi Toppin - Foot - Quest
Micah Potter - Triceps - Quest

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UPCOMING SCHEDULE

BLAZERS @ TWOLVES - 3/20 - 5:00 PM

BLAZERS @ NUGGETS - 3/22 - 2:00 PM

BLAZERS VS NETS - 3/23 - 7:00 PM

BLAZERS VS BUCKS - 3/25 - 7:00 PM

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GAME NOTES

The Blazers are 65-39 all time vs the Pacers
• The Blazers are 7-3 in their last 10 vs the Pacers
• The Blazers defeated the Pacers 131-111 on 3/8 in Portland
• Star point guards for the Blazers and Pacers are out with Achilles injuries. Twinsies!

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[Chris Craig]

Can the Blazers finally win 2 in a row again?

 

[SharpesTriumph]

Kind of surprised that Vit has shot such bad % as a Blazer. Other aspects of his game have been stronger than I expected though.

Blazers have been in striking distance of a lot of wins lately. If they can just do a few small things better they could finish the year with a good winning run and make a push for the 8th seed.

This game should be a gimmie but you never know. Best to get an early lead so Pacers give up by half time.

 

[Cugel]

Now that is how you tank.

 

[wizenheimer]

Now that is how you tank.

a 'questionable' tank is the best tank

 

[THE HCP]

Kind of surprised that Vit has shot such bad % as a Blazer. Other aspects of his game have been stronger than I expected though.

Blazers have been in striking distance of a lot of wins lately. If they can just do a few small things better they could finish the year with a good winning run and make a push for the 8th seed.

This game should be a gimmie but you never know. Best to get an early lead so Pacers give up by half time.

You that excited to play OKC and lost our pick?

 

[THE HCP]

This game should be a gimmie but you never know. Best to get an early lead so Pacers give up by half time.

HEEEERE we go.

 

[THE HCP]

HEEEERE we go.

We don’t have enough talent to have “trap or gimme” games.

 

[BassPlaya]

 

[TYDame]

Pacers on a 14 game losing streak… oh no, I don’t like our chances

 

[andalusian]

You that excited to play OKC and lost our pick?

That's a very complicated item - and it ignores the looming disaster of the Chicago pick obligation messing up the upcoming pick swaps that Portland has with Milwaukee because of the Lillard trade, now, that would be a disaster.

So, the question is - would you rather have all these swaps and picks potentially lost because the team did not manage to convey a pick earlier to Chicago? Between the loss of a draft asset in trades because of the Stepien Rule and that nightmare scenario - getting your ass kicked by OKC and clearing the books on pick obligations and ensuring that you are not complicating the Milwaukee pick swaps going forward is not nearly as bad as you pretend it is.

 

[inconceivable]

Did you guys see the shorts the nba posted on youtube of Dame hitting 200 30 footers at the Nets arena? He's going to be lethal. I hope he learns to play off the ball. He has made ridiculous guarded 3 balls on the move. He'll be a welcome addition to our team next season.

 

[blazerfan11]

Did you guys see the shorts the nba posted on youtube of Dame hitting 200 30 footers at the Nets arena? He's going to be lethal. I hope he learns to play off the ball. He has made ridiculous guarded 3 balls on the move. He'll be a welcome addition to our team next season.

Dame's catch-and-shoot 3-point percentage (41.5%) was higher than his overall 3-point percentage (37.6%) in 2024-25, and higher than any overall 3-point percentage of his entire career. (The highest being 40.1% in 2019-20.)