Nets and Pacers List 20 Players on Injury Report

Thursday’s matchup in Brooklyn features two teams near the bottom of the standings. The Pacers enter at 18-61, while the Nets sit at 20-59. The regular season ends Sunday, raising stakes for both clubs.

Injury snapshot

Between them, the Nets and Pacers list 20 players on their injury reports. Filmogaz.com noted the Pacers posted their pregame report on social media. The rosters available for Thursday are heavily depleted for both teams.

Indiana Pacers

The Pacers opened the night with nine players available. Several regulars remain sidelined or listed as questionable.

• Ruled out for Thursday: Pascal Siakam (left ankle sprain).
• Also ruled out: Aaron Nesmith (cervical strain).
• Point guards Andrew Nembhard (thoracic and lumbar injury management) and T.J. McConnell (bilateral hamstring injury management) are out.
• Ben Sheppard (right hip sprain) and Kobe Brown (lumbar sprain) were later ruled out.
• Jarace Walker (sacral contusion) was listed available in the pregame update.
• Out for the season: Tyrese Haliburton (Achilles tendon tear), Johnny Furphy (ACL tear) and Ivica Zubac (fractured rib).

Seven of the 18 rostered players were ruled out at the time of the report. Three others had previously been listed as questionable. Siakam, Nembhard and Nesmith rank among the team’s top scorers.

Brooklyn Nets

The Nets entered the game with just eight players available. Ten players were on their injury report and all were ruled out.

• Egor Demin (left plantar fascia injury management).
• Nolan Traore (rest).
• Michael Porter Jr. (left hamstring strain).
• Terance Mann (right patella tendinosis).
• Josh Minott (left ankle soreness).
• Ziaire Williams (left foot tenosynovitis/bursitis).
• Danny Wolf (left ankle sprain).
• Nic Claxton (right fifth finger sprain).
• Noah Clowney (left ankle injury management).
• Day’Ron Sharpe (left thumb surgery).

The absences include the roster’s top nine scorers. Brooklyn’s short bench will shape rotations and coaching strategy for the night.

Standings and lottery implications

The league’s bottom three teams share flat draft lottery odds. Each has a 14% chance of landing the No. 1 pick.

They hold a combined 52% chance for a top-four selection. The Kings and Jazz are tied at 21-59 for the fourth-worst record.

A Pacers win would not force a tie with those teams. A Nets victory, by contrast, would move Brooklyn into a tie in the loss column.

Coaches must balance competitive integrity with player health. Both clubs face roster decisions with playoff positioning irrelevant but draft positioning crucial.