Andrew Nembhard has appeared in three games since returning from his shoulder injury. He combined for 28, 23 and 32 points and assists in those matchups. Two of the games came against the Nuggets and Warriors, who both rank inside the top-10 in the league in defensive rating and in the bottom-half in pace of play. The Pacers need scoring with Bennedict Mathurin (toe) out, so Nembhard should have the ball in his hands a lot and shoot plenty in this game.

Pascal Siakam may have 10 assist opportunities passing out to open shooters, but the Pacers are shooting like garbage from 3pt range with a dead last 29.6% team 3pt%. The Suns are in the top half of the league defending the three and are especially good at home allowing 33% shooting. This line does accurately reflect Siakam's higher assist average this season vs last (5.6 vs 3.4) with Tyrese Halliburton out. But T.J. McConnell did make his return the other night. He should alleviate some of the play-making pressure on Siakam and let him focus on his own scoring which is far more efficient than the rest of the team.

B365 at -115. Rick Carlisle has his hands full trying to figure out how to get the most out of this Pacers team without Tyrese Haliburton. While he’s tinkered with his rotations, I do like Isaiah Jackson to see between 20 and 28 minutes tonight. Having made his way back from an Achilles tendon rupture, Jackson has cleared this line in six of his last seven games. It’s a solid matchup against the Suns - Phoenix is a bottom seven team against both putback points and pick and roll-men. Jackson is a menace on the offensive glass (11th highest offensive rebounding rate in the NBA, at 13%) - I like him to cash in on that tonight.