⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nets stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ IND better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 3 points better than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nets won, and why the Pacers did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 50 rebounds to 37- Ran them off the floor, 25 fast break points to 13
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q2 11:47 · BKN 36-25 IND
Bad plays
- Turnover
Richard Jefferson offensive foul (Anthony Johnson draws the foul)
Q4 2:00 · BKN 84-79 IND
- Turnover
Richard Jefferson turnover
Q4 2:00 · BKN 84-79 IND
- Missed FT
Jason Kidd misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:15 · BKN 92-86 IND
Pacers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Jermaine O'Neal traveling
Q4 2:14 · BKN 84-79 IND
📊The numbers
| BKN | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 4 | Threes made | 7 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 32 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 25 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 4 | Steals | 11 |
| 6 | Blocks | 8 |
