⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ IND better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Pacers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Pacers did not.
From the game
Made thirteen threes to their six- Shot well above their usual, thirteen of 25 from three
- Lived at the line, 46 free throws to their 32
- A 14-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 26 in the third quarter
- Kept giving it away, thirteen turnovers 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.
Pacers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Lakers
Good plays
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 26
Q3 0:03 · IND 90-116 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| IND | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 58% |
| 6 | Threes made | 13 |
| 22% | Three-point accuracy | 52% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 37 |
| 72 | Rebounds | 58 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 28 | Assists | 29 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 5 | Steals | 5 |
| 3 | Blocks | 5 |
