⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pacers got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ IND better than we expected
+13Q130-18
+3Q227-25
-6Q320-27
+1Q433-30
▼ MIN better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Pacers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pacers won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their seven- Shot well above their usual, fourteen of nineteen from three
- Won the glass, 41 rebounds to 30
- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their eight, and were outscored 22-11 off them
Key battles
1Blocks6
20Turnovers8
4Steals11
11Points off turnovers22
📊The numbers
| IND | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 58% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 14 | Threes made | 7 |
| 74% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 34 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 30 | Assists | 28 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 0 | Fast break points | 0 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 4 | Steals | 11 |
| 1 | Blocks | 6 |
