⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pacers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ IND better than we expected
+3Q128-24
+5Q222-18
0Q321-20
-2Q429-31
▼ NY better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 5 points better than our numbers for the Pacers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pacers won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their six- Shot well above their usual, fourteen of twenty from three
Key battles
24Points off turnovers9
14Threes made6
70%Three-point accuracy38%
10Steals5
📊The numbers
| IND | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 14 | Threes made | 6 |
| 70% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 26 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 0 | Fast break points | 0 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 10 | Steals | 5 |
| 3 | Blocks | 2 |
