⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks 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
-2Q135-36
-6Q223-31
+14Q331-18
-4Q431-35
▼ DAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Pacers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Pacers did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, eleven of 21 from three
Key battles
36Assists25
28Free throws made38
42%Three-point accuracy52%
24Points off turnovers19
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Pacers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Mavericks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q2 9:36 · IND 25-33 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| IND | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 14 | Threes made | 11 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 52% |
| 28 | Free throws made | 38 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 36 | Assists | 25 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 8 | Steals | 9 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
