⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pelicans got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ IND better than we expected
▼ NO better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Pacers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pelicans won, and why the Pacers did not.
From the game
Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their eleven, and were outscored 19-11 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Pacers
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 8
Q3 10:48 · IND 51-59 NO
Bad plays
- Technical
Jamaal Tinsley Technical Foul
Q2 2:32 · IND 35-52 NO
- Technical
Reggie Miller Technical Foul
Q4 10:52 · IND 68-75 NO
- Technical
Jermaine O'Neal Double Technical Foul. P.J. Brown gains possession.
Q4 9:17 · IND 72-80 NO
Pelicans
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q4 1:27 · IND 84-99 NO
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Lee Nailon missed Technical Free Throw.
Q4 10:52 · IND 68-75 NO
- Turnover
24 second
Q4 1:58 · IND 84-91 NO
📊The numbers
| IND | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 34% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 3 | Threes made | 5 |
| 21% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 59 |
| 22 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 17 | Assists | 16 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 11 | Steals | 3 |
| 2 | Blocks | 7 |
