⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pacers got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ IND better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 17 points better than our numbers for the Pacers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pacers won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Made eight threes to their two- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their seventeen
- A 12-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 14 in the second quarter
- Gave up second chances, 26 offensive rebounds to their eleven
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q1 4:15 · IND 26-21 CLE
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 14
Q2 7:47 · IND 47-33 CLE
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 21
Q4 4:39 · IND 98-77 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Cavaliers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| IND | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 36% |
| 8 | Threes made | 2 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 22% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 59 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 26 |
| 26 | Assists | 15 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 8 | Steals | 8 |
| 6 | Blocks | 6 |
