⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pacers got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ IND better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Pacers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pacers won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their nineteen, and outscored them 24-11 off them- A 15-0 run took them from 1 down to 14 up in the third quarter
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
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run took them from 1 down to 14 up
Q3 3:32 · IND 76-62 NY
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 25
Q4 3:13 · IND 101-76 NY
Bad plays
- Technical
Stephen Jackson double technical foul
Q2 11:37 · IND 24-26 NY
Knicks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| IND | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 7 | Threes made | 2 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 28 | Assists | 15 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 12 | Steals | 4 |
| 7 | Blocks | 2 |
