⏱️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 fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ IND better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Pacers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pacers won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Made nine threes to their no- A 13-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 24 in the fourth quarter
- Kept giving it away, 21 turnovers to their eleven
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q1 8:32 · IND 12-4 LAC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 14
Q2 7:35 · IND 40-26 LAC
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 24
Q4 3:10 · IND 97-73 LAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Jermaine O'Neal technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 1:13 · IND 66-56 LAC
Clippers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Sam Cassell technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 4:39 · IND 37-26 LAC
- Missed FT
Sam Cassell misses technical free throw
Q3 1:13 · IND 66-56 LAC
📊The numbers
| IND | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 37% |
| 9 | Threes made | 0 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 0% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 23 | Assists | 11 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 0 | Fast break points | 0 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 21 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 6 | Steals | 11 |
| 9 | Blocks | 2 |
