⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pacers got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ IND better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pacers won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, seven of eleven from three- A 12-0 run took them from 2 down to 10 up in the third quarter
- Kept giving it away, fourteen turnovers to their seven, and were outscored 17-9 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Hornets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q1 1:36 · CHA 26-25 IND
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q2 0:02 · CHA 61-51 IND
- Steal
Brevin Knight stole it from Danny Granger
Q4 1:07 · CHA 102-110 IND
Bad plays
- Technical
Emeka Okafor technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 10:56 · CHA 26-25 IND
- Technical
Gerald Wallace technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 4:48 · CHA 93-103 IND
- Missed FT
Gerald Wallace misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 1:39 · CHA 98-106 IND
Pacers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 8 down to 2 up
Q3 5:37 · CHA 71-73 IND
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 2 down to 10 up
Q3 0:55 · CHA 77-87 IND
Bad plays
- Technical
Jermaine O'Neal technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 2:18 · CHA 75-73 IND
- Turnover
Jermaine O'Neal bad pass
Q4 3:14 · CHA 97-104 IND
- Turnover
Danny Granger bad pass
Q4 1:07 · CHA 102-110 IND
📊The numbers
| CHA | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 55% |
| 7 | Threes made | 7 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 64% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 21 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 9 | Steals | 2 |
| 6 | Blocks | 8 |
