⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 30 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ IND better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 26 points worse than our numbers for the Pacers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Pacers did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 49 rebounds to 32- A 12-0 run took them from 4 down to 8 up in the first quarter
- Made two threes to their eight
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
Jermaine O'Neal Technical Foul
Q2 4:20 · IND 24-38 LAC
- Missed FT
Fred Jones missed Flagrant Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q3 4:58 · IND 43-68 LAC
Clippers
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 4 down to 8 up
Q1 1:42 · IND 20-28 LAC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 23
Q2 4:20 · IND 24-47 LAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 27-point lead to 35
Q3 1:16 · IND 50-85 LAC
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Bobby Simmons Flagrant Foul Type 1
Q3 4:58 · IND 42-68 LAC
📊The numbers
| IND | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 34% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 8 | Threes made | 2 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 13 | Assists | 29 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 7 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 7 | Steals | 13 |
| 9 | Blocks | 6 |
