⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nets got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ IND better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nets won, and why the Pacers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, thirteen turnovers to their 21, and outscored them 21-13 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pacers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 7 down to 3 up
Q1 4:30 · BKN 18-21 IND
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 3
Q3 10:45 · BKN 51-48 IND
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Brad Miller Flagrant Foul Type 1
Q4 5:31 · BKN 84-68 IND
📊The numbers
| BKN | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 3 | Threes made | 4 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 21 | Assists | 16 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 21 |
| 8 | Steals | 7 |
| 6 | Blocks | 6 |
