⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pacers got 23 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ IND better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 17 points better than our numbers for the Pacers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pacers won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their twenty, and outscored them 21-13 off them- A 16-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 20 in the second quarter
- Could not get to the line, nine free throws to their 24
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 from level to 8 points up
Q1 8:45 · IND 12-4 LAC
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q2 8:40 · IND 34-26 LAC
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 20
Q2 3:54 · IND 52-32 LAC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Danny Granger misses technical free throw
Q1 1:39 · IND 18-13 LAC
- Technical
Jermaine O'Neal technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 3:59 · IND 67-55 LAC
Clippers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 10
Q3 6:11 · IND 65-55 LAC
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 7
Q4 8:45 · IND 83-76 LAC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Sam Cassell misses technical free throw
Q3 3:59 · IND 67-55 LAC
📊The numbers
| IND | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 37% |
| 3 | Threes made | 4 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 3 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 28 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 10 | Steals | 5 |
| 5 | Blocks | 7 |
