⏱️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. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ IND better than we expected
▼ BKN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Pacers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pacers won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 43 rebounds to 30- Kept giving it away, fifteen turnovers to their eight, and were outscored 26-14 off them
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
David Harrison technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 7:03 · IND 62-60 BKN
Nets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Nenad Krstic technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 1:45 · IND 76-65 BKN
- Technical
Clifford Robinson technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 11:03 · IND 78-70 BKN
📊The numbers
| IND | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 4 | Threes made | 7 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 35 | Free throws made | 30 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 36 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 18 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 26 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 7 | Steals | 9 |
| 5 | Blocks | 2 |
