⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ IND better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Pacers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Pacers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 34 free throws to their fifteen- Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their seventeen
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Jermaine O'Neal traveling
Q4 3:21 · IND 80-80 WSH
- Turnover
Jermaine O'Neal lost ball
Q4 2:01 · IND 80-84 WSH
- Turnover
Austin Croshere lost ball
Q4 1:39 · IND 80-86 WSH
Wizards
Good plays
- Steal
Gilbert Arenas stole it from Jermaine O'Neal
Q4 2:01 · IND 80-84 WSH
- Steal
Jared Jeffries stole it from Austin Croshere
Q4 1:39 · IND 80-86 WSH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q4 3:06 · IND 80-88 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| IND | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 5 | Threes made | 3 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 20 | Assists | 13 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 4 | Steals | 11 |
| 4 | Blocks | 6 |
