⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ IND better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Pacers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Pacers did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, nine of thirteen from three- Won the glass, 45 rebounds to 35
- Kept giving it away, nineteen 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 4:48 · IND 18-10 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Knicks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 5 down to 4 up
Q2 7:07 · IND 29-33 NY
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 3 down to 7 up
Q2 0:03 · IND 45-52 NY
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 17
Q4 10:25 · IND 74-91 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| IND | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 35% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 8 | Threes made | 9 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 69% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 32 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 17 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 11 | Steals | 8 |
| 6 | Blocks | 2 |
