⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pacers got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ IND better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pacers won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
They went cold, seven of 23 from three- Won the glass, 57 rebounds to 45
- Kept giving it away, 24 turnovers to their sixteen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Kings
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 8
Q2 2:02 · SAC 29-37 IND
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pacers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 17
Q2 4:33 · SAC 20-37 IND
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SAC | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 35% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 7 | Threes made | 5 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 66 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 16 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 24 |
| 9 | Steals | 6 |
| 4 | Blocks | 2 |
