⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pacers got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ IND better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Pacers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pacers won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, thirteen turnovers to their twenty, and outscored them 26-15 off them
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 20
Q4 11:30 · IND 87-67 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Knicks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 9
Q3 4:15 · IND 68-59 NY
Bad plays
- Technical
Tim Thomas Technical Foul
Q2 9:18 · IND 31-26 NY
- Technical
Vin Baker Technical Foul
Q4 10:11 · IND 83-67 NY
📊The numbers
| IND | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 6 | Threes made | 1 |
| 60% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 30 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 26 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 12 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 7 |
