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Indiana Pacers vs Milwaukee Bucks Final — October 26, 2026

Indiana Pacers logo
102
Top scorer Pascal Siakam62 games
FINAL
Milwaukee Bucks logo
110
Top scorer Tyler Herro33 games
Monday, October 26 · 8:10 PM ET
INDOffenseFull 2025-26 regular season (last season)MIL
27th109.0
Offensive ratingpoints scored per 100 possessions
110.925th
27th112.4
PPG
110.629th
INDDefenseMIL
25th116.7
Defensive ratingpoints allowed per 100 possessions
117.527th
25th120.4
Opp PPG
116.820th
INDTeamMIL
26th−7.7
Net ratingoffensive minus defensive rating
−6.525th
INDLast 10 gamesMIL
-16-16+27+27+27+27+27+27+27+27
Game by game
-7-7-7-11-11-11-11-11-11-11
8-2
Last 10
0-10
+184
Net points
-98
Top third of the leagueMiddle thirdBottom thirdBar = league rank (full = 1st)
Injuries & restkey injuries · rest and travel
INDRest & travelMIL
1 dayback-to-back
Days of rest
2 days
244 mi393 km
Travel to the game
Home
−1 hclock change vs home
Time-zone change
Home
INDKey injuriesMIL
Ivica Zubac CDay-to-day
Players out or limited
None listed
About these numbers

Full 2025-26 regular season (last season), captured before kickoff. League rank in small type (30 teams); the gold side ranks higher. Bars show rank, longest = 1st. Source: Gridiron & Wine public Analytics tables.

Margin of each of the last 10 games this season, oldest to newest (gold = won). Hover a bar for the score margin.

Distance is straight-line from each team's home arena; time-zone change is at game time. Rest counts days since each team's previous game.

No key players listed.

Key players only. Injury report as of October 26, 9:40 a.m. ET.

The pre-game matchup

The Pacers visited the Bucks on Monday, October 26 at 8:10 PM ET.

Last season (2025-26), the Pacers scored 112.4 points per game (27th of 30) and allowed 120.4 (25th). The Bucks scored 110.6 points per game (29th of 30) and allowed 116.8 (20th).

Offensive rating, the points scored per 100 possessions: Pacers 109.0 (27th), Bucks 110.9 (25th). Defensive rating, the points allowed per 100 possessions: Pacers 116.7 (25th), Bucks 117.5 (27th). Net rating, the offensive minus defensive rating: Pacers −7.7 (26th), Bucks −6.5 (25th). These are last season's full-season numbers because the new season's sample is still small; rosters change over the offseason.

The Pacers closed as 3.5-point road favorites, with the Bucks getting the points at home. The spread opened at Pacers -4.5. The total closed 239.5, unchanged from the open. After removing the vig, the closing moneyline (Pacers -155, Bucks +130) prices the Pacers at 58% and the Bucks at 42%.

Written from the numbers available before kickoff.

Result

Final score and result vs the closing line

Indiana Pacers 102, Milwaukee Bucks 110

Milwaukee Bucks won by 8.

  • Against the closing spread (Milwaukee Bucks +3.5): Milwaukee Bucks covered.
  • Combined score 212 vs the closing total of 239.5: Under.
  • Milwaukee Bucks closed at +130 on the moneyline (a 42% no-vig market-implied chance).

Market

Closing line and line movement

Spreadmoved 1
OpenBucks +4.5 (-110)
Pacers -4.5 (-110)
CloseBucks +3.5 (-110)
Pacers -3.5 (-110)
Totalno move
Open239.5 (o -110 / u -110)
Close239.5 (o -107 / u -113)
Moneyline
OpenPacers -175 61%
Bucks +148 39%
ClosePacers -155 58%
Bucks +130 42%

Consensus of US sportsbooks. Open = first line after both teams' previous games; Close = consensus at kickoff. Percentages are the moneyline's no-vig market-implied chances.

Members

G&W Line

G&W’s own number for this game, next to the market. Analytics

Projected score
Spread
Total
Win %

Matchup

Players to watch

Indiana Pacers logo
Pacers
62 games · Pascal Siakam
  • Points per game24.020th
  • Rebounds per game6.659th
  • Assists per game3.870th
  • Minutes per game33.2
57 games · Andrew Nembhard
  • Points per game16.972nd
  • Rebounds per game2.8269th
  • Assists per game7.78th
  • Minutes per game31.3
Milwaukee Bucks logo
Bucks
33 games · Tyler Herro
  • Points per game20.537th
  • Rebounds per game4.8131st
  • Assists per game4.159th
  • Minutes per game31.3
74 games · Ryan Rollins
  • Points per game17.366th
  • Rebounds per game4.6138th
  • Assists per game5.629th
  • Minutes per game32.1

Last season's (2025-26) regular-season per-game averages; players listed with their current team, top two scorers per team, from season player stats captured before game time. Ranks among the 391 players with at least 20 games.

Head-to-head

The teams have met 26 times since 2022: the Pacers won 6 and the Bucks 20.

DateScoreLineTotal
Oct 16, 2026Bucks 128, Pacers 127
Bucks won


Oct 16, 2026Bucks 128, Pacers 127
Bucks won


Oct 16, 2026Bucks 128, Pacers 127
Bucks won


Oct 16, 2026Bucks 128, Pacers 127
Bucks won


Oct 16, 2026Bucks 128, Pacers 127
Bucks won


Meetings since 2022, most recent first. Line and total are the consensus closing numbers where line history is available.

Teams

Indiana Pacers

Milwaukee Bucks

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