⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ IND better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Pacers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Pacers did not.
From the game
They went cold, four of 21 from three
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Reggie Miller Technical Foul
Q2 0:53 · IND 35-40 DET
- Technical
Jermaine O'Neal Technical Foul
Q3 7:26 · IND 42-49 DET
Pistons
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q4 8:03 · IND 59-72 DET
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| IND | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 33% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 4 | Threes made | 4 |
| 19% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 19 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 9 | Steals | 6 |
| 12 | Blocks | 13 |
