⏱️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.
Where it moved
▲ IND better than we expected
+8Q133-20
-4Q223-24
-7Q328-30
0Q423-22
▼ CLE better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Pacers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pacers won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, thirteen turnovers to their 22, and outscored them 27-8 off them
Key battles
27Points off turnovers8
4Blocks13
12Steals4
30%Three-point accuracy60%
🏀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
Nothing costly of their own making.
Cavaliers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Zydrunas Ilgauskas Lost Ball. Stolen by Ron Artest.
Q4 1:36 · IND 102-94 CLE
📊The numbers
| IND | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 3 | Threes made | 6 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 60% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 34 | Assists | 26 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 27 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 22 |
| 12 | Steals | 4 |
| 4 | Blocks | 13 |
