⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pacers got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ IND better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Pacers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pacers won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
They went cold, six of 21 from three- Kept giving it away, 26 turnovers to their seventeen
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 8:33 · IND 10-2 BOS
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 16
Q3 10:57 · IND 62-46 BOS
- Steal
Darrell Armstrong stole it from Kendrick Perkins
Q4 0:20 · IND 103-96 BOS
Bad plays
- Turnover
Keith McLeod lost ball
Q4 4:45 · IND 90-82 BOS
- Turnover
Keith McLeod bad pass
Q4 4:30 · IND 90-84 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 9
Q3 4:39 · IND 72-63 BOS
Bad plays
- Turnover
Gerald Green offensive foul (Jermaine O'Neal draws the foul)
Q4 4:13 · IND 90-84 BOS
- Turnover
Gerald Green turnover
Q4 4:13 · IND 90-84 BOS
- Turnover
Kendrick Perkins bad pass
Q4 0:20 · IND 103-96 BOS
📊The numbers
| IND | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 5 | Threes made | 6 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 23 | Assists | 14 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 30 |
| 26 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 9 | Steals | 12 |
| 3 | Blocks | 1 |
