Bennedict Mathurin

Embiid was in his second game back when Bennedict Mathurin hit him in the face going for a rebound.

Embiid was in his second game back when Bennedict Mathurin hit him in the face going for a rebound.

Nembhard is good to go for Friday's game, meaning Quenton Jackson heads to the bench. Nembhard joins Tyrese Haliburton, Bennedict Mathurin, Pascal Siakam, and Myles Turner in the Pacers' starting lineup.

The Pacers are without Andrew Nembhard, who's sitting for injury management reasons. Jackson will return to the starting lineup and is worth a look in extremely deep leagues, but nothing more. The other four starters are unchanged.

Mathurin has been a reliable source of buckets this season, but in this game, he was able to supply some defensive numbers. It wasn't his best game, but those contributions helped make up for a subpar night for both him and the team as they dropped their third straight game. Mathurin was the second-leading scorer behind Tyrese Haliburton (30), but they'll need him to be even better in Brooklyn on the second night of a back-to-back in order to get back in the win column.