03-14-2026, 08:28 AM
Each team gets seven timeouts to use over the course of a 48-minute regulation NBA game. The only restrictions on when they can use them come at the end of the game: you can’t call more than four in the fourth quarter or more than two in the final two minutes. In practice, most teams use 5-6 timeouts on average.
Then there are the Indiana Pacers, who use nearly every possible timeout nearly every game. Rick Carlisle has always been in the “you can’t take them with you” camp, averaging 5.8 and 5.9 timeouts per game the last two seasons, but this year he and his squad are calling for stoppage 6.4 times per game on average, nearly a half a timeout more than any other team in the league.
Then there are the Indiana Pacers, who use nearly every possible timeout nearly every game. Rick Carlisle has always been in the “you can’t take them with you” camp, averaging 5.8 and 5.9 timeouts per game the last two seasons, but this year he and his squad are calling for stoppage 6.4 times per game on average, nearly a half a timeout more than any other team in the league.
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