⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pacers got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ IND better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pacers won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 47 rebounds to 34
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pacers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q2 11:29 · POR 22-27 IND
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 18
Q2 1:00 · POR 38-56 IND
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| POR | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 1 | Threes made | 6 |
| 14% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 59 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 12 | Assists | 16 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 5 | Steals | 5 |
| 4 | Blocks | 2 |
