⏱️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
▼ BKN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 4 points better than our numbers for the Pacers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pacers won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, seven of sixteen from three- Looked after the ball, seven turnovers to their nineteen, and outscored them 25-4 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q3 2:46 · IND 68-59 BKN
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 13
Q4 8:45 · IND 81-68 BKN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 8 down to 1 up
Q2 9:26 · IND 26-27 BKN
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 9 down to 1 up
Q3 9:51 · IND 53-54 BKN
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Rodney Rogers Flagrant Foul Type 1
Q1 6:24 · IND 11-8 BKN
📊The numbers
| IND | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 7 | Threes made | 4 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 37 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 24 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 0 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 4 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 12 | Steals | 3 |
| 2 | Blocks | 2 |
