⏱️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.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ IND better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pacers won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 29 free throws to their nineteen- Gave up second chances, eighteen offensive rebounds to their ten
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Pistons
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Ben Wallace missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:50 · DET 79-85 IND
- Missed FT
Ben Wallace missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 0:50 · DET 79-85 IND
- Turnover
Ben Wallace Bad Pass. Stolen by Ron Artest.
Q4 0:15 · DET 84-89 IND
Pacers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q4 8:47 · DET 71-78 IND
Bad plays
- Turnover
Jermaine O'Neal Traveling
Q4 2:13 · DET 75-83 IND
- Missed FT
Ron Artest missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 0:31 · DET 82-87 IND
- Turnover
Jamaal Tinsley Bad Pass. Stolen by Jon Barry.
Q4 0:19 · DET 82-87 IND
📊The numbers
| DET | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 5 | Threes made | 2 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 18% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 18 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 20 | Assists | 14 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 1 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 7 | Steals | 9 |
| 10 | Blocks | 6 |
