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Aaron Nesmith vs bottom-10 defenses

IND · 2025-26 to 2026-27 · regular season

Aaron Nesmith has averaged 14.7 points and 2.6 rebounds per game in 11 games against bottom-10 defenses, vs 12.5 points and 4.2 rebounds in 29 games against everyone else (2025-26 to 2026-27, regular season).

Vs bottom-10 defenses
14.7
points per game · 11 games
Vs everyone else
12.5
points per game · 29 games
Difference
+2.2
per game, bottom 10 minus everyone else

Career and by season

Aaron Nesmith per game averages against bottom-10 defenses and everyone else, career and by season
PeriodOpponentsGamesPTSREBAST3PMSTLBLKMINFG%FT%TS%eFG%PTS diff vs others
CareerBottom 101114.72.61.92.30.60.627.445.5%93.1%60.6%55.8%+2.2
Everyone else2912.54.22.02.00.50.528.941.7%81.5%55.1%51.5%
2026-27Bottom 10312.31.32.31.70.70.323.544.8%85.7%57.7%53.4%+0.3
Everyone else312.03.01.31.70.70.022.633.3%86.7%53.6%42.6%
2025-26Bottom 10815.63.11.82.50.60.828.945.7%95.5%61.5%56.5%+3.1
Everyone else2612.54.32.12.10.50.529.642.5%80.0%55.3%52.4%

Every game against bottom-10 defenses

  1. Nov 1, 2026vs BKN · No. 26 defense (prior season's final)11 pts, 3 reb, 4 ast · 0 3PM · 1 stl, 0 blk · 30 min
  2. Oct 26, 2026at MIL · No. 27 defense (prior season's final)13 pts, 0 reb, 1 ast · 3 3PM · 1 stl, 1 blk · 21 min
  3. Oct 25, 2026at BKN · No. 26 defense (prior season's final)13 pts, 1 reb, 2 ast · 2 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 19 min
  4. Mar 15, 2026at MIL · No. 25 defense (that season, games so far)32 pts, 2 reb, 1 ast · 7 3PM · 0 stl, 1 blk · 29 min
  5. Mar 10, 2026at SAC · No. 28 defense (that season, games so far)29 pts, 4 reb, 3 ast · 2 3PM · 0 stl, 1 blk · 35 min
  6. Mar 6, 2026at LAL · No. 21 defense (that season, games so far)7 pts, 3 reb, 1 ast · 1 3PM · 0 stl, 2 blk · 23 min
  7. Feb 19, 2026at WAS · No. 29 defense (that season, games so far)3 pts, 2 reb, 1 ast · 0 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 15 min
  8. Feb 6, 2026at MIL · No. 23 defense (that season, games so far)12 pts, 1 reb, 1 ast · 2 3PM · 2 stl, 0 blk · 27 min
  9. Jan 28, 2026vs CHI · No. 24 defense (that season, games so far)14 pts, 4 reb, 4 ast · 3 3PM · 1 stl, 1 blk · 34 min
  10. Jan 16, 2026vs NOP · No. 28 defense (that season, games so far)12 pts, 4 reb, 1 ast · 2 3PM · 1 stl, 0 blk · 33 min
  11. Jan 8, 2026at CHA · No. 21 defense (that season, games so far)16 pts, 5 reb, 2 ast · 3 3PM · 1 stl, 1 blk · 35 min

What counts: a team's defensive rating is 100 × the points its opponents scored ÷ possessions, with possessions = FGA + 0.44*FTA - OREB + TOV, mean of both teams. A game's rank uses only games played before that date. Until every team has 15 games, the prior season's final ranks are used (6 games here, 34 games ranked on that season's games so far). Games are regular season; games he did not play are not counted. 11 games where the opponent's rank could not be determined are left out of both columns. TS% = PTS ÷ (2 × (FGA + 0.44 × FTA)); eFG% = (FGM + 0.5 × 3PM) ÷ FGA; both from totals for each row. Past results, not a projection.