⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pacers fell 10 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ IND better than we expected
▼ CHI better than we expected
The third 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 Bulls did not.
From the game
Made eleven threes to their three
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 cut a 15-point deficit to 4
Q2 8:37 · IND 35-39 CHI
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q2 2:51 · IND 51-48 CHI
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q3 8:22 · IND 71-60 CHI
Bad plays
- Technical
Troy Murphy technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 4:52 · IND 39-43 CHI
- Technical
Troy Murphy double technical foul
Q2 3:50 · IND 41-46 CHI
Bulls
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 11
Q1 3:09 · IND 16-27 CHI
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 16
Q2 11:26 · IND 22-38 CHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| IND | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 11 | Threes made | 3 |
| 46% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 30 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 5 | Steals | 8 |
| 8 | Blocks | 4 |
