⏱️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
▲ IND better than we expected
+6Q126-21
-6Q215-20
-4Q328-32
-3Q421-23
▼ BKN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Pacers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nets won, and why the Pacers did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, ten of 22 from three- Won the glass, 44 rebounds to 30
Key battles
12Assists24
6Offensive rebounds13
7Threes made10
37Rebounds49
🏀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 cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q3 1:40 · IND 69-71 BKN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Vince Carter bad pass
Q4 4:18 · IND 83-87 BKN
📊The numbers
| IND | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 7 | Threes made | 10 |
| 37% | Three-point accuracy | 45% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 37 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 12 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 7 | Steals | 7 |
| 1 | Blocks | 2 |
