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Nets seek first win as Pacers bring H2H edge to Barclays Center
Winless Brooklyn host Indiana, who hold five of the last eight meetings in a series built on narrow margins.
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Brooklyn NetsLLLBrooklyn Nets: L-L-L in the last 3 — winless.
Indiana PacersLWLIndiana Pacers: L-W-L in the last 3 games.
Cleveland Cavaliers 125-121 Brooklyn NetsBrooklyn Nets 103-110 Charlotte HornetsToronto Raptors 136-101 Brooklyn NetsIndiana Pacers 105-121 Dallas MavericksNew Orleans Pelicans 120-123 Indiana PacersIndiana Pacers 121-133 Detroit Pistons
Both teams arrive at Barclays Center needing a reset. Brooklyn are winless in their last three — L-L-L — and come off a 125-121 defeat in Cleveland, a game they kept within reach until the closing minutes. Indiana split a back-to-back, edging New Orleans 123-120 one night before falling 105-121 to Dallas.
Head to head
- 2026-04-09Brooklyn Nets 94-123 Indiana PacersL
- 2026-02-12Brooklyn Nets 110-115 Indiana PacersL
- 2025-11-06Indiana Pacers 103-112 Brooklyn NetsW
- 2025-03-22Indiana Pacers 108-103 Brooklyn NetsL
- 2025-03-20Indiana Pacers 105-99 Brooklyn NetsL
- 2025-01-07Brooklyn Nets 99-113 Indiana PacersL
- 2024-12-05Brooklyn Nets 99-90 Indiana PacersW
- 2024-04-03Brooklyn Nets 115-111 Indiana PacersW
History leans Indiana's way, but the margins have been thin: 4 of the last 8 meetings were decided by six points or fewer, including February's 115-110 Pacers escape in Brooklyn and a 108-103 squeaker in March 2025. The Nets' three wins in that span, most recently a 112-103 road triumph in November, show this fixture rarely follows the formbook cleanly.
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- How Brooklyn respond after a third straight defeat, having stayed within four of Cleveland until the final minutes.
- Whether Indiana's legs hold after a back-to-back, with the New Orleans win sandwiched by losses to Dallas and Detroit.
- The close-out pattern — 4 of the last 8 meetings decided by six points or fewer, so the fourth quarter has historically settled this matchup.
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