⏱️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
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ IND better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 5 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pacers won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 41 free throws to their 23- Won the glass, 52 rebounds to 31
- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their twelve
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Celtics
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Mark Blount Technical Foul
Q2 3:39 · BOS 44-38 IND
- Turnover
Paul Pierce Bad Pass. Stolen by Fred Jones.
Q4 3:27 · BOS 80-86 IND
- Turnover
Mark Blount Lost Ball. Stolen by Jamaal Tinsley.
Q4 2:12 · BOS 82-89 IND
Pacers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jermaine O'Neal missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 2:16 · BOS 82-89 IND
- Missed FT
Jermaine O'Neal missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 2:16 · BOS 82-89 IND
- Turnover
Jamaal Tinsley Backcourt
Q4 2:00 · BOS 82-90 IND
📊The numbers
| BOS | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 4 | Threes made | 6 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 46% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 32 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 60 |
| 3 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 23 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 7 | Steals | 8 |
| 10 | Blocks | 4 |
