標籤: Nesmith

Indiana Pacers head coach Rick Carlisle has fired back at the NBA following a $100,000 fine levied against the organization for violating the league’s player participation policy. The penalty comes from a February 3 game against the Utah Jazz, where the Pacers rested four-time All-Star Pascal Siakam on the second night of a back-to-back, which also included Aaron Nesmith, around whom controversy arose.

“I made a statement about it. I didn’t agree with it. There was a league lawyer who was interviewing and he unilaterally decided that Aaron Nesmith who was injured the night before couldn’t catch the ball, he should have played in the game, which seems ridiculous and during the interview process, I wasn’t in it but I heard the details,” Carlisle explained, according to a post on X by Kevin Bowen.

Rick Carlisle opens up about NBA’s $100,000 fine today #pacers: :

Full interview here: https://t.co/1rrz1gO1Ja pic.twitter.com/MgjmZFEPsH

– Kevin Bowen (@KBowen1070) 24 February 2026

Carlisle then detailed how the NBA refused to consult with team doctors or the player.

“We asked them if they wanted to talk to the doctors, our doctors, about it, because it was something that was documented by our doctors and trainers. They said no, they didn’t need to, they talked to their doctors who didn’t examine Aaron Nesmith. And we asked them if they wanted to talk to the kid. They said no, they didn’t need to,” he explained.

The reality of Nesmith’s physical condition paints a clear picture. The 26-year-old is officially expected to miss at least another week of games due to a sprained right ankle suffered in the recent loss to the Washington Wizards.

While Nesmith previously missed 19 consecutive games due to a left knee sprain, he has been highly productive when healthy, averaging 13.2 points, 4.7 rebounds and 2.1 assists in 33 games, while logging 30 minutes a night. The Pacers’ lack of offense is also bolstered by the fact that their biggest star, Pascal Siakam, has also logged heavy minutes in the absence of Tyrese Haliburton despite Indiana finishing 15-43 in the playoffs.

Siakam has started 52 times, despite the fact that the Pacers are unlikely to advance beyond their 15th-place finish in the Eastern Conference standings.

週三晚上在甘布里奇球館，後衛前鋒亞倫·內史密斯在比賽還剩 13.9 秒時完成反超上籃，隨後在比賽還剩 2.9 秒時封蓋科比·懷特的近籃出手，帶領印第安納步行者隊以 113-110 逆轉戰勝芝加哥公牛隊。

進入第四節時，印第安納隊落後 9 分，落後多達 14 分，但印第安納隊在最後 7 分鐘打出 18-4 的高潮，克服了落後的局面。安德魯·內姆哈德 (Andrew Nembhard) 後撤步跳投率先發起反擊，比賽還剩 40 秒時步行者隊以 109-107 領先，但尼古拉·武切維奇 (Nikola Vucevic) 命中三分球幫助芝加哥隊領先。 26歲球員的反向上籃恢復了印第安納隊的優勢，前鋒約翰尼·福菲在內史密斯防守停球後搶下籃板，兩罰全中，以113-110獲勝。內布哈德還完成了一次關鍵的搶斷，幫助步行者隊穩住陣腳。

內史密斯在 34 分鐘內拿下 14 分、4 個籃板、4 次助攻、1 次搶斷和 1 次蓋帽，結束了當晚的比賽。帕斯卡爾·西亞卡姆在關鍵時刻7投4中，罰球6中5，拿下印第安納隊最高的20分，其中第四節得到13分。內布哈德貢獻18分、9次助攻和6個籃板。賈拉斯·沃克8投6中拿下16分，本尼迪克特·馬圖林三分球5投3中、罰球線4投4中得到15分和8個籃板。傑伊·赫夫得到 10 分和 7 個籃板。步行者隊的年輕核心貢獻了全隊113分中的31分。

芝加哥隊的武切維奇拿下25分，領先所有得分手，而馬塔斯·布澤利斯得到20分。賈倫·史密斯拿下13分和11個籃板的兩雙。喬什·吉迪 (Josh Giddey) 在 23 歲時就送出 7 次助攻，職業生涯助攻數突破 2,000 次，成為 NBA 歷史上第 15 位在該年齡或之前達到這一里程碑的球員。

印第安納隊的進攻在比賽初期就顯得不同步，第一節兩分球命中率僅為 14.2%（14 投 2 中），儘管他們以 13 投 6 中的三分球彌補了這一點。步行者隊還聘請了多名中鋒來匹配公牛隊的體型，赫夫打了23分27秒，米卡·波特打了16分55秒，以賽亞·傑克遜打了2分33秒，西亞卡姆打了5分51秒。

這場胜利將印第安納隊的戰績提高到了 12 勝 36 負，使他們擺脫了 NBA 墊底的位置，而芝加哥隊則跌至 23 勝 24 負，在東部聯盟中保持在略低於 0.500 的水平。步行者隊本賽季已經三次擊敗公牛隊，接下來將在周六晚上主場迎戰亞特蘭大老鷹隊。