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Larry Nance Jr.
Pacers · F-C · 33
Larry Nance Jr.
vs
2025-26
15
Heat · F · 25
Myron Gardner
Head to head · 2025-26 regular season · stats.nba.com

Larry Nance Jr. vs Myron Gardner

3-12categories
Nance Jr. · Gardner
Larry Nance Jr.
Nance Jr.
Pacers
2025-26
Gardner
Heat
15
35
Games
availability
45
12.8
Minutes
per game
9.1
3.7
Points
per game
3.6
2.7
Rebounds
per game
2.7
1.0
Assists
per game
1.0
0.8
Steals + blocks
per game
0.6
0.6
Turnovers
per game · lower is better
0.4
41.9%
Field goal %
48.0%
33.3%
Three-point %
1.8 vs 1.4 attempts
40.6%
46.2%
Free throw %
73.1%
50.5%
True shooting
TS%
60.6%
13.7%
Usage
USG%
13.9%
10.5%
Assist %
of teammates' baskets
14.3%
9.8%
Rebound %
of available
13.2%
-2.9
Net rating
on court
+8.4
6.2%
PIE
player impact estimate
9.3%
-0.5
Plus-minus
per game
+1.7
Bars show each player's share of the pair's total; the better number is in the club's color (turnovers: fewer is better).

Where the gap is

from the numbers above

Larry Nance Jr. scored more in 2025-26, 0.1 points a game apart (3.7 vs 3.6), on Gardner's heavier usage (13.9% vs 13.7%).

Gardner is the more efficient scorer by true shooting, 60.6% to 50.5%; TS% folds threes and free throws into one number, so the gap survives shot-diet differences.

Playmaking goes to Gardner (1.0 vs 1.0 assists), the glass to Gardner (2.7 vs 2.7 rebounds).

Availability is part of the comparison: Gardner played 10 more games (45 vs 35 of 82).

With Gardner on the floor his team outscored opponents by +8.4 per 100 possessions, against -2.9 for Nance Jr.; on-court net rating carries the teammates with it, so read it next to PIE.

On the books for 2026-27: Nance Jr. $2.4M through 2026-27, Gardner $2.2M through 2027-28. Whether either fits a trade is a Trade Machine question, not a stat one.

Splits

2025-26 · from the game logs
Nance Jr.
2025-26
Gardner
25-10
Record when playing
24-21
2.8
Points at home
4.1
4.6
Points on the road
3.2
4.0
Points in wins
3.5
3.1
Points in losses
3.8
10
Season high
14
0
30-point games
0
0
Double-doubles
1

Last games & contracts

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Nance Jr. · last 5
Fri, Oct 16 vs MIL4 pts · 1 reb · 0 ast
Tue, Oct 13 at OKC5 pts · 1 reb · 0 ast
Sat, Oct 10 vs ATL6 pts · 5 reb · 3 ast
Wed, Oct 7 vs MIN0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Thu, Apr 23 at TOR0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Gardner · last 5
Fri, Oct 16 at ORL5 pts · 5 reb · 1 ast
Wed, Oct 14 vs BKN2 pts · 0 reb · 2 ast
Sat, Oct 10 vs MIN12 pts · 7 reb · 5 ast
Thu, Oct 8 vs NOP11 pts · 4 reb · 4 ast
Sat, Oct 3 at TOR7 pts · 4 reb · 2 ast
Nance Jr. · contract
2026-27$2.4M
Gardner · contract
2026-27$2.2M
2027-28$2.5M

More comparisons

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Nance Jr. vs
Zeke Nnaji · DaRon Holmes II · Myron Gardner · Mohamed Diawara
Gardner vs
Mohamed Diawara · Larry Nance Jr. · DaRon Holmes II · Zeke Nnaji

Per-game numbers and percentages are 2025-26 regular season from stats.nba.com; splits and last games from our own game logs; contract figures are cap hits from public salary data and can lag a signing by a day. Bold marks the better number in each row (turnovers: fewer is better).