The Indiana Pacers will look for their 26th win of the season on Wednesday when they take on the Detroit Pistons fortheir first game back on U.S. soil. The Pacers are coming off a 1-1 Paris trip and will look to start a winning streak.
Pacers guard Andrew Nembhard is out against the Pistons with a thoracic spine sprain and guard Bennedict Mathurin is out with an illness.
Pacers guard Bennedict Mathurin has been suspended by the NBA for one game without pay due to “inappropriate contact and verbally abusing a game official” during Tuesday’s game
Mathurin (illness) is out for Wednesday's game against the Pistons, Tony East of WTHR Channel 13 Indianapolis reports.
Mathurin (illness) has been listed as questionable for Wednesday's game against the Pistons. After a 13-point performance in Saturday's blowout win against the Spurs, Mathurin might not be able to get on the floor Wednesday against Detroit because of an illness.
Bennedict Mathurin bumped Natalie Sago while complaining about a foul call and has been suspended one game without pay
This is only a one-game suspension, so Mathurin will be back on Saturday for the game against the Philadelphia 76ers. The Pacers are going to need him for as many games as possible because of the scoring and rebounding he brings to the roster. So far this season, Mathurin is averaging 16.5 points, six points, and two assists per game.
Indiana Pacers wing Bennedict Mathurin is arguably having his best season but he might be on the move ahead of the trade deadline. The 22-year-old “is being monitored by nearly every team seen as a buyer at the deadline,
Pascal Siakam scored 37 points and Tyrese Haliburton scored 30 as the Pacers won a technical-foul filled contest over the Pistons.
Jaden Ivey and Bennedict Mathurin have had words in the past and now that the Pistons aren’t a complete doormat, things have escalated each time the two teams have played.
Indiana guard Bennedict Mathurin is being monitored by nearly every team seen as a buyer at the deadline, according to one scouting executive. But because the Pacers are playing such good basketball, the team is expected to seek a player it values while trying to recoup the first-round pick it spent on Mathurin in a deal.
There's no midweek lull for the NBA, as Wednesday features a compelling 11-game schedule headlined by a big game in Manhattan at 7:30 p.m.on ESPN.