Pacers Vs Wizards: Wizards beat Indiana 112-105 as Siakam and McConnell sit out
The Pacers Vs Wizards matchup ended 112-105 on Feb. 19, 2026 at Capital One Arena, a game Indiana played without forward Pascal Siakam and without point guard T. J. McConnell, who was ruled out for the Thursday contest.
Pacers Vs Wizards: key absences and statistical anchors
Siakam was ruled out of the Pacers' first game after the All-Star break for personal reasons, and the NBA's official injury report listed him as out; he had been named to his fourth All-Star Game before the break and had played 51 of the Pacers' 55 games prior to the hiatus, scoring in double figures in each of those 51 games and topping 20 points in 40 of them while averaging 23. 7 points, 6. 7 rebounds and 3. 9 assists.
Updated team notes listed T. J. McConnell not playing on Thursday, while Aaron Nesmith and Micah Potter were available for Indiana; Nesmith had been listed questionable with a lumbar sprain, McConnell with right hamstring soreness and Potter with a left ankle sprain in earlier injury reports.
How the rotation looked and other Pacers injuries
Indiana also remained without recently acquired center Ivica Zubac, who is listed out with a left ankle sprain suffered in late December and has not appeared in a game since being acquired on Feb. 5, and forward Obi Toppin, who has been out since Oct. 26 with a stress fracture in his right foot; coach Rick Carlisle had said Toppin had seen some action in practice but that a full return would still be some time away.
All-Star point guard Tyrese Haliburton and forward Johnny Furphy were listed out for the season, with Haliburton sidelined by a right Achilles tendon tear and Furphy by a right ACL tear, leaving the Pacers to adjust their rotations while Sioux-anchored contributors and rotation players filled minutes.
Standings, streaks and Washington's lineup constraints
The game carried implications in the bottom of the standings: Indiana entered the break at 15-40 while Washington was 14-39, and the teams opened a post–All-Star back-to-back set on Thursday. The Pacers arrived after back-to-back wins over the New York Knicks and Brooklyn Nets, while the Wizards had lost their previous three games to the Nets, Miami Heat and Cleveland Cavaliers.
Washington played Thursday with multiple players off the ledger; the Wizards listed Trae Young (knee, quad), Anthony Davis (hand, groin), Cam Whitmore (shoulder), Alex Sarr (hamstring) and De'Angelo Russell (not with team) as out, and both Davis and Whitmore had been shut down for the season.
The Wizards' 112-105 victory at Capital One Arena closed the first game of that back-to-back stretch; the two teams were scheduled to begin that set on Thursday, and the early-season records and recent results framed the matchup as a tight fight in the race to the lower tier of the standings.
Indiana's roster updates leave the Pacers sorting minutes and roles ahead of the remainder of the set; the teams began their back-to-back series Thursday, and both clubs were set to follow their published schedules for the next games on their calendars.
