It's supposed to be a down year for the Pacers, but even without Tyrese Haliburton, they can entertain. Here's how to watch all their games.

It’s a rematch of last season’s NBA Finals…almost in name only…as the Indiana Pacers (0-0) tip off their season against the Oklahoma City Thunder (1-0) tonight at Gainbridge Fieldhouse. Plenty has changed since June for Indiana as the Pacers are a shell of the team that surprised the NBA community and took OKC all the way to Game 7 of the Finals.

Pacers wing Bennedict Mathurin scored to send Thursday's season opener against the Thunder to a second overtime and finished with 36 points

Indiana Pacers star Tyrese Haliburton will miss the entire 2025-26 NBA season as he recovers from a torn Achilles tendon.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored a career-high 55 points to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 141-135 double-overtime win at the Indiana Pacers.

Gilgeous-Alexander finished with a career-best 55 points on 15-of-31 shooting, eight rebounds and five assists. He shot 2-of-7 from 3 and went a career-high 23-of-26 on free throws. He also had two steals and one block.

The Indiana Pacers start their season with a double-overtime loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder, who beat them in the 2025 NBA Finals.