⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs fell 11 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ IND better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Pacers did not.
From the game
A 13-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 16 in the third quarter- Gave up second chances, fifteen offensive rebounds to their seven
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Spurs
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 9 down to 2 up
Q2 10:00 · SA 28-26 IND
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 16
Q3 8:08 · SA 59-43 IND
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pacers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Mike Dunleavy misses technical free throw
Q1 11:27 · SA 0-0 IND
- Technical
Jamaal Tinsley technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 3:59 · SA 35-29 IND
📊The numbers
| SA | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 35% |
| 3 | Threes made | 0 |
| 20% | Three-point accuracy | 0% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 25 | Assists | 10 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 8 | Steals | 7 |
| 6 | Blocks | 4 |
