⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pacers got 22 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ IND better than we expected
▼ CHI better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 16 points better than our numbers for the Pacers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pacers won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 38 free throws to their eighteen- Won the glass, 59 rebounds to 27
- A 14-0 run stretched a 21-point lead to 35 in the second quarter
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 took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q1 6:43 · IND 22-15 CHI
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 21-point lead to 35
Q2 0:56 · IND 81-46 CHI
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 41-point lead to 51
Q4 2:05 · IND 140-89 CHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Bulls
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| IND | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 62% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 7 | Threes made | 4 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 22% |
| 29 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 64 | Rebounds | 34 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 34 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 10 | Steals | 7 |
| 7 | Blocks | 3 |
