⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pacers got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ IND better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pacers won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 47 rebounds to 30- A 12-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 14 in the first quarter
- Kept giving it away, nineteen turnovers to their eleven, and were outscored 21-12 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Timberwolves
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pacers
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 14
Q1 0:38 · MIN 26-40 IND
Bad plays
- Turnover
Jamaal Tinsley Bad Pass
Q4 1:23 · MIN 94-100 IND
- Missed FT
Jermaine O'Neal missed Free Throw 1 of 1.
Q4 0:58 · MIN 97-102 IND
- Turnover
Jamaal Tinsley Bad Pass
Q4 0:41 · MIN 99-102 IND
📊The numbers
| MIN | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 5 | Threes made | 5 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 20 |
| 24 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 7 | Steals | 8 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |
