⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pacers got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ IND better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Pacers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pacers won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 55 rebounds to 43- Kept giving it away, sixteen turnovers to their ten
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run from level to 10 points up
Q1 10:08 · IND 12-2 LAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q2 7:13 · IND 34-28 LAL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 16
Q2 2:47 · IND 50-34 LAL
Bad plays
- Technical
David Harrison technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 5:31 · IND 71-48 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| IND | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 31% |
| 9 | Threes made | 6 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 67 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 26 | Assists | 11 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 8 | Steals | 9 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
