⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pacers fell 12 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ IND better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 15 points better than our numbers for the Pacers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pacers won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Could not get to the line, seventeen free throws to their 29- Kept giving it away, twelve turnovers to their six
- Gave up second chances, fourteen offensive rebounds to their four
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 4 down to 4 up
Q2 0:38 · IND 53-49 WSH
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 21-point lead to 30
Q4 6:16 · IND 108-78 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Wizards
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 10:57 · IND 0-8 WSH
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 11
Q1 3:03 · IND 16-27 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| IND | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 59% | Shooting from the field | 34% |
| 8 | Threes made | 4 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 20% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 27 | Assists | 15 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 6 |
| 3 | Steals | 4 |
| 7 | Blocks | 3 |
