⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pacers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ IND better than we expected
▼ MIL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Pacers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pacers won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 29 free throws to their nineteen- Won the glass, 52 rebounds to 39
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 stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q3 6:43 · IND 57-47 MIL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 11
Q3 1:31 · IND 69-58 MIL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Bucks
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 4 down to 7 up
Q1 10:37 · IND 4-11 MIL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| IND | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 37% |
| 5 | Threes made | 3 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 63 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 24 | Assists | 16 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 10 | Steals | 13 |
| 8 | Blocks | 8 |
