⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pacers got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
0Q122-21
-14Q222-36
+8Q326-18
-5Q421-26
▼ IND better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pacers won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 33 free throws to their twenty- Won the glass, 47 rebounds to 33
- Kept giving it away, fifteen turnovers to their nine
Key battles
9Turnovers15
39Rebounds56
17Free throws made25
7Offensive rebounds11
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 5
Q3 3:53 · BKN 70-75 IND
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pacers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BKN | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 4 | Threes made | 6 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 29 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 9 | Steals | 6 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
