⏱️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
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ IND better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pacers won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 33 free throws to their twenty- Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their 21, and outscored them 23-10 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Magic
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 8
Q3 6:39 · ORL 57-65 IND
Bad plays
- Technical
Drew Gooden Technical Foul
Q1 1:43 · ORL 18-19 IND
- Turnover
Juwan Howard Bad Pass
Q4 4:11 · ORL 85-92 IND
Pacers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 17
Q3 9:00 · ORL 48-65 IND
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Ron Artest missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 4:22 · ORL 85-91 IND
- Missed FT
Ron Artest missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 3:57 · ORL 85-92 IND
📊The numbers
| ORL | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 4 | Threes made | 9 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 56% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 12 | Assists | 25 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 21 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 6 | Steals | 12 |
| 2 | Blocks | 2 |
