⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pacers got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ IND better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pacers won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Made ten threes to their four- Lived at the line, 30 free throws to their sixteen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Celtics
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Ricky Davis Technical Foul. His 1st Technical Foul.
Q2 8:33 · BOS 20-22 IND
- Technical
Paul Pierce Technical Foul. His 1st Technical Foul.
Q3 6:37 · BOS 41-46 IND
- Technical
Antoine Walker Technical Foul. His 1st Technical Foul.
Q4 4:31 · BOS 62-83 IND
Pacers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Austin Croshere missed Technical Free Throw.
Q4 0:26 · BOS 70-97 IND
📊The numbers
| BOS | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 37% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 4 | Threes made | 10 |
| 22% | Three-point accuracy | 59% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 14 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 8 | Steals | 11 |
| 9 | Blocks | 9 |