⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Warriors got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ IND better than we expected
▼ GS better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Pacers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Warriors won, and why the Pacers did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, eleven of seventeen from three- Won the glass, 57 rebounds to 42
- Kept giving it away, 25 turnovers to their eighteen
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 26-point deficit to 17
Q3 8:37 · IND 56-73 GS
Bad plays
- Technical
Jamaal Tinsley technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 3:00 · IND 34-50 GS
- Flagrant
Jeff Foster flagrant foul type 1 (Stephen Jackson draws the foul)
Q3 3:11 · IND 66-83 GS
- Technical
Jermaine O'Neal technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 4:41 · IND 88-105 GS
Warriors
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 18
Q1 1:01 · IND 18-36 GS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| IND | GS | |
|---|---|---|
| 35% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 7 | Threes made | 11 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 65% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 28 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 62 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 21 | Assists | 16 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 22 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 25 |
| 11 | Steals | 10 |
| 11 | Blocks | 7 |
