⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
-8Q115-21
+3Q229-25
+2Q324-21
+6Q425-18
▼ IND better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Pacers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their eighteen, and outscored them 28-11 off them- Won the second chances, seventeen offensive rebounds to seven
- Went cold from three, one of thirteen
Key battles
8%Three-point accuracy43%
8Steals1
1Threes made6
28Points off turnovers11
📊The numbers
| PHX | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 1 | Threes made | 6 |
| 8% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 23 | Assists | 15 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 0 | Fast break points | 0 |
| 28 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 8 | Steals | 1 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
