⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pacers got 24 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ IND better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 16 points worse than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pacers won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Made eleven threes to their four- Could not get to the line, ten free throws to their 36
- Lost the glass, 11 rebounds to 21
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Knicks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pacers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q2 4:05 · NY 35-46 IND
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q3 4:47 · NY 64-73 IND
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NY | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 58% |
| 4 | Threes made | 11 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 48% |
| 28 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 61 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 2 |
| 16 | Assists | 29 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 12 | Steals | 10 |
| 1 | Blocks | 6 |
