⏱️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
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Pacers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pacers won, and why the Jazz did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 50 free throws to their 31
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 4 down to 4 up
Q3 1:06 · IND 70-66 UTAH
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 11
Q4 8:12 · IND 79-68 UTAH
Bad plays
- Technical
Reggie Miller Technical Foul
Q1 5:28 · IND 8-10 UTAH
- Technical
Jermaine O'Neal Double Technical Foul. Greg Ostertag gains possession.
Q1 1:00 · IND 13-17 UTAH
Jazz
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q3 5:16 · IND 59-64 UTAH
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Andrei Kirilenko missed Technical Free Throw.
Q1 5:28 · IND 8-10 UTAH
- Technical
Michael Ruffin Technical Foul
Q2 3:08 · IND 35-36 UTAH
- Technical
Michael Ruffin Technical Foul
Q2 3:08 · IND 35-36 UTAH
📊The numbers
| IND | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 36% |
| 2 | Threes made | 4 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 40 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 22 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 7 | Steals | 8 |
| 13 | Blocks | 6 |
