⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ IND better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Pacers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Pacers did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Jermaine O'Neal technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 9:15 · IND 52-53 WSH
- Technical
Keith McLeod double technical foul
Q4 7:05 · IND 82-93 WSH
Wizards
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 1 down to 9 up
Q3 9:38 · IND 52-61 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| IND | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 4 | Threes made | 8 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 20 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 4 | Steals | 7 |
| 3 | Blocks | 5 |
