⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pacers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ IND better than we expected
0Q120-20
0Q231-28
+6Q320-15
+1Q430-30
▼ POR better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Pacers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pacers won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Made ten threes to their three- Lived at the line, 37 free throws to their 23
- Looked after the ball, seven turnovers to their fifteen
Key battles
10Threes made3
7Turnovers15
6Blocks2
7Steals3
🏀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
- Turnover
Shot clock violation
Q4 0:00 · IND 101-93 POR
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q2 6:46 · IND 34-38 POR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| IND | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 37% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 10 | Threes made | 3 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 23% |
| 29 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 70 | Rebounds | 63 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 18 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 7 | Steals | 3 |
| 6 | Blocks | 2 |
