⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ IND better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Pacers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Pacers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 38 free throws to their 27- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their nine, and were outscored 28-10 off them
- Burned in transition, 0 fast break points to 14
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 4
Q2 5:41 · IND 37-41 NY
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q4 4:54 · IND 95-97 NY
- Steal
Jamaal Tinsley stole it from Jamal Crawford
Q4 1:00 · IND 100-105 NY
Bad plays
- Turnover
Jermaine O'Neal traveling
Q4 1:31 · IND 97-103 NY
Knicks
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run from level to 10 points up
Q4 9:04 · IND 85-95 NY
Bad plays
- Turnover
Jamal Crawford bad pass
Q4 1:00 · IND 100-105 NY
- Turnover
Nate Robinson backcourt
Q4 0:24 · IND 102-105 NY
- Missed FT
Nate Robinson misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:06 · IND 106-107 NY
📊The numbers
| IND | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 6 | Threes made | 8 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 32 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 16 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 0 |
| 28 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 11 | Steals | 0 |
| 6 | Blocks | 4 |
