⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pacers got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ IND better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pacers won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Made nine threes to their three
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 11
Q3 10:32 · CLE 51-62 IND
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pacers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 17
Q2 8:41 · CLE 29-46 IND
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 21
Q2 4:15 · CLE 35-56 IND
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 21-point lead to 31
Q4 5:01 · CLE 77-108 IND
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 3 | Threes made | 9 |
| 21% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 23 | Assists | 29 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 9 | Steals | 10 |
| 6 | Blocks | 2 |
