⏱️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 higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ IND better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 5 points worse than our numbers for the Pacers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pacers won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q3 0:45 · IND 89-77 LAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 18
Q4 7:41 · IND 97-79 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Clippers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 8
Q4 2:12 · IND 108-100 LAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Elton Brand Technical Foul
Q3 3:51 · IND 76-68 LAC
- Technical
Eric Piatkowski Technical Foul
Q4 6:54 · IND 94-79 LAC
📊The numbers
| IND | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 7 | Threes made | 11 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 46% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 18 |
| 34 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 11 | Steals | 9 |
| 11 | Blocks | 5 |
