⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pacers got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ IND better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pacers won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Could not get to the line, eleven free throws to their 30
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Knicks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Stephon Marbury technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 7:58 · NY 78-88 IND
- Technical
Eddy Curry technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 2:55 · NY 87-100 IND
Pacers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 12
Q3 11:30 · NY 42-54 IND
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q4 11:18 · NY 76-86 IND
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NY | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 4 | Threes made | 8 |
| 24% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 14 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 9 | Steals | 9 |
| 1 | Blocks | 9 |
