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Winless Pacers host winless Nets: Gainbridge sets the stop-the-skid stage

Both arrive on three-game skids, but Indiana's six wins from the last eight meetings hang over everything at Gainbridge Fieldhouse.

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Gainbridge FieldhouseIndianapolis
KICK-OFF22:00SUN01/11
Indiana Pacers
Indiana Pacers
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Brooklyn Nets
Brooklyn Nets

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Indiana PacersLLLIndiana Pacers: L-L-L in the last 3 — winless.
Brooklyn NetsLLLBrooklyn Nets: L-L-L in the last 3 — winless.
Miami Heat 145-125 Indiana PacersIndiana Pacers 109-114 Philadelphia 76ersMilwaukee Bucks 110-102 Indiana PacersBrooklyn Nets 94-110 Detroit PistonsBoston Celtics 125-124 Brooklyn NetsBrooklyn Nets 109-136 Indiana Pacers

Something has to give at Gainbridge Fieldhouse. Indiana Pacers: L-L-L in the last 3 — winless. Brooklyn Nets: L-L-L in the last 3 — winless. Early-season basketball rarely makes must-wins, but two losing streaks colliding on the same floor is as close as it gets.

Head to head

  • 2026-10-25Brooklyn Nets 109-136 Indiana PacersW
  • 2026-04-09Brooklyn Nets 94-123 Indiana PacersW
  • 2026-02-12Brooklyn Nets 110-115 Indiana PacersW
  • 2025-11-06Indiana Pacers 103-112 Brooklyn NetsL
  • 2025-03-22Indiana Pacers 108-103 Brooklyn NetsW
  • 2025-03-20Indiana Pacers 105-99 Brooklyn NetsW
  • 2025-01-07Brooklyn Nets 99-113 Indiana PacersW
  • 2024-12-05Brooklyn Nets 99-90 Indiana PacersL
Last 8 meetings: Indiana Pacers 6W, 0D, Brooklyn Nets 2W.

The recent history tilts one way, and it isn't subtle. The freshest of the eight came only a week before tip-off — October 25 in Brooklyn, where Indiana cruised 136-109. Momentum, though, sits unclaimed: the Pacers fell 145-125 in Miami the night before this, while the Nets managed only 94 against Detroit at home.

Watchlist
  • Indiana Pacers come off a L (Miami Heat 145-125 Indiana Pacers) — a defense that conceded 145 now meets the opponent it dismantled for 136 a week ago.
  • Brooklyn Nets come off a L (Brooklyn Nets 94-110 Detroit Pistons) — but the 125-124 near-miss in Boston days earlier hints the ceiling exists.
  • 3 of the last 8 meetings were decided by six points or fewer — even a lopsided recent record keeps producing tight finishes.

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