PreviewBasketball1 November 2026, 13:252 min read

Indiana Pacers vs Brooklyn Nets Preview: Form, Absences and Context

By The SharpTips Team

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Our Pacers vs Nets preview covers form, injury news, home and away splits and the market lines ahead of Sunday's 22:00 tip-off, with a note on conflicting reports.

Two struggling Eastern Conference sides meet on Sunday 1 November, with tip-off at 22:00 UK time. Indiana are 12th in the standings and Brooklyn 15th, and neither has found much early momentum.

Below we look at recent form, the injury lists, the season statistics and what the bookmaker lines suggest. Betting carries risk, and nothing here is a guarantee of any outcome.

Pacers and Nets form and standings

Indiana's last five games read LLLWL, and the latest pregame reports describe a three-game losing run. Their standings record is W2-L6 on the table we have, and they have scored 700 points while conceding 719.

Brooklyn's run is worse. They have lost their last five, sit on W0-L5, and have scored 551 points while conceding 606. Both sides are below .500, and reports found no clear motivational or dead-rubber angle.

Pacers vs Nets injury news and team context

Indiana's absence list is long. ESPN's pregame report on 31 October lists Tyrese Haliburton (hamstring), Ben Sheppard (meniscus), Ivica Zubac (ankle), Obi Toppin (back), Johnny Furphy (ACL, out for the season) and T.J. McConnell (hamstring). Aaron Nesmith is listed as probable with a hamstring issue. NBC Sports also notes this is the first of back-to-back games for Indiana.

Brooklyn list Egor Demin as out with a leg problem. An earlier SI preview conflicts with the ESPN and NBC Sports reports on several names and records, so we have treated the more recent items as the better guide. Check the final team news close to tip-off, as availability can change.

Home and away numbers, plus the earlier meeting

Indiana have a home win rate of 0.200 and an away rate of 0.400 this season, from 10 games played. They score 116.2 points per game at home and concede 118.8, while on the road they score and concede 119.6.

Brooklyn have played nine games, with win rates of 0.250 at home and 0.400 away. Their scoring splits are sharp: 105.0 per game at home against 125.6 away, and they concede 116.0 at home and 121.2 away. These samples are small, so treat them with caution.

The sides last met on 25 October, when the Pacers won 136-109 without Zubac, who left early. Our data feed shows no other recent head-to-head games, and that result came under a different set of circumstances.

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