⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pacers got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ IND better than we expected
▼ ATL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 15 points better than our numbers for the Pacers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pacers won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Made eight threes to their one- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their eighteen, and outscored them 29-10 off them
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 28
Q4 11:18 · IND 95-67 ATL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hawks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 24-point deficit to 15
Q3 10:38 · IND 68-53 ATL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 25-point deficit to 17
Q3 2:30 · IND 84-67 ATL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| IND | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 8 | Threes made | 1 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 10% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 18 |
| 27 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 29 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 11 | Steals | 3 |
| 7 | Blocks | 6 |
