⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pacers got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
0Q128-28
-6Q222-28
-6Q316-23
-4Q413-18
▼ IND better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pacers won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Made thirteen threes to their four- Lived at the line, 28 free throws to their sixteen
Key battles
2Fast break points10
4Threes made13
13Free throws made24
33%Three-point accuracy52%
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Knicks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pacers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 1 down to 9 up
Q2 2:32 · NY 45-54 IND
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NY | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 4 | Threes made | 13 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 52% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 14 | Assists | 13 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 7 | Steals | 6 |
| 1 | Blocks | 1 |
