⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pacers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ IND better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pacers won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their seventeen- Won the second chances, thirteen offensive rebounds to five
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Clippers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q1 11:03 · LAC 9-2 IND
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q2 5:22 · LAC 48-43 IND
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 4
Q4 4:37 · LAC 90-94 IND
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Corey Maggette missed Technical Free Throw.
Q2 6:01 · LAC 38-41 IND
- Turnover
Corey Maggette Bad Pass. Stolen by Ron Artest.
Q4 0:03 · LAC 92-98 IND
Pacers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Austin Croshere missed Technical Free Throw.
Q2 4:37 · LAC 44-43 IND
- Turnover
Shot Clock Violation
Q4 1:16 · LAC 88-94 IND
- Missed FT
Ron Artest missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 0:02 · LAC 92-99 IND
📊The numbers
| LAC | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 3 | Threes made | 8 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 16 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 6 | Steals | 10 |
| 6 | Blocks | 3 |
