⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pacers got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ IND better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pacers won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, seven turnovers to their eighteen, and outscored them 16-7 off them- Lost the glass, 33 rebounds to 45
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Eric Williams Lost Ball. Stolen by Ron Artest.
Q4 1:49 · CLE 80-85 IND
- Turnover
Zydrunas Ilgauskas Traveling
Q4 1:30 · CLE 80-87 IND
Pacers
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 12
Q3 3:10 · CLE 61-73 IND
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 3 | Threes made | 6 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 26% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 25 | Assists | 26 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 7 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 7 |
| 2 | Steals | 10 |
| 7 | Blocks | 3 |
