Pascal Siakam gets brutally honest about Indiana’s struggling season

The Indiana PacersFrustrations continued to mount Tuesday night after a 111–94 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks pushed the team’s losing streak to six games and dropped its record to 6–24. After the defeat, the veteran striker Pascal Sakak gave a candid assessment after the game, stressing responsibility and urgency as the season continues to slip away.

In talking with Alex Golden about setting the pace, Siakam made it clear that the Pacers the fights will continue unless the group is changed your way of thinking.

“When we decide that losing is not okay, we go somewhere. But if we go out there every day and feel like, OK, we’ve lost another game, it doesn’t matter, we’re just going to sink.

I don’t think we’re going to get out of it until you lose and you go home and it really hurts. Like, if it doesn’t matter, we’re just going to keep coming here and doing the same thing and losing every night and it will be what it is.

Like, who cares? We just lost another game, never mind. I don’t like that feeling. And unless we decide to change it, it won’t change. We have to make it happen.

No one will feel sorry for us. We can’t fault the schedule. The day we decide we’re tired of it, I think we’ll go somewhere.”

Pascal Siakam honest and transparent after Pacers fall to 6-24:

“When we decide that losing is not okay, we go somewhere. But if we go out there every day and feel like, OK, we’ve lost another game, it doesn’t matter, we’re just going to sink… pic.twitter.com/k3STV7ePF0

— Alex Golden (@AlekGoldenNBA) December 24, 2025

Pascal Siakam delivers every night as injuries and roster deficiencies challenge the Pacers

Siakam finished Tuesday’s loss with 15 points, nine rebounds, two assists and one steal while shooting 6-for-10 from the field. He knocked down one 3-pointer but struggled at the free throw line, going 2-for-8 in 33 minutes.

Despite the team’s record, Siakam remained productive throughout the season. The 31-year-old is averaging 23.5 points, 6.8 rebounds, 3.9 assists and 1.2 steals per game while shooting 47.5 percent from the field and 37 percent from the bench in 29 appearances, playing 34.1 minutes per game.

Indiana’s slump is in stark contrast to last season, when the Pacers advanced to the NBA Finals before falling to the Oklahoma City Thunder in seven games. The roster was significantly affected by injuries and departures, most notably the continued absence of star quarterback Tyrese Haliburton, who was sidelined due to an Achilles tear suffered in Game 7 of the Finals. The The Pacers also felt the loss of center Myles Turnercreating a gap in the front field.

As a result, Indiana has been active in the trade market in search of domestic helpwith recent reports linking the team with Los Angeles Clippers center Ivica ZubacUtah Jazz big man Walker Kessler and Dallas Mavericks center Daniel Gafford. No deal has been reached, but the Pacers continue to explore options as the deadline approaches.

For now, Indiana will look to stop its slump Saturday night when it hosts the Boston Celtics (18-11) at 7 PM ET. Whether the Pacers can translate Pascal Siakam’s message into tangible results remains one of the key questions as their challenging season progresses.