⏱️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
-2Q127-24
-2Q227-25
+11Q328-18
-8Q418-23
▼ CHI better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Pacers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pacers won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Made eleven threes to their five- Shot well above their usual, eleven of 23 from three
Key battles
11Threes made5
48%Three-point accuracy28%
3Fast break points7
9Offensive rebounds15
🏀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 9-point lead to 17
Q3 1:55 · IND 80-63 CHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Bulls
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| IND | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 11 | Threes made | 5 |
| 48% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 21 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 27 | Turnovers | 24 |
| 13 | Steals | 11 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |
