⏱️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
▼ LAC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better 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 took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q2 6:37 · IND 38-35 LAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q3 7:13 · IND 61-54 LAC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 14
Q4 10:37 · IND 80-66 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Clippers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q1 4:16 · IND 24-25 LAC
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 9 down to 1 up
Q3 9:27 · IND 53-54 LAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Corey Maggette Technical Foul
Q2 2:50 · IND 41-37 LAC
📊The numbers
| IND | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 36% |
| 2 | Threes made | 1 |
| 18% | Three-point accuracy | 8% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 21 | Assists | 13 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 1 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 5 | Steals | 7 |
| 3 | Blocks | 3 |
