⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pacers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ IND better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Pacers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pacers won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 56 rebounds to 42
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Jonathan Bender Traveling
Q4 4:09 · IND 79-75 MIN
- Turnover
Jermaine O'Neal Offensive Foul
Q4 2:15 · IND 81-75 MIN
- Turnover
Jermaine O'Neal Foul
Q4 2:15 · IND 81-75 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 4 down to 7 up
Q1 3:27 · IND 17-24 MIN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Troy Hudson missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:24 · IND 83-77 MIN
📊The numbers
| IND | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 37% | Shooting from the field | 36% |
| 2 | Threes made | 1 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 20% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 66 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 20 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 22 | Assists | 13 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 6 | Steals | 5 |
| 10 | Blocks | 5 |
