⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pacers got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ IND better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Pacers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pacers won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Made sixteen threes to their nine- Lived at the line, 33 free throws to their seventeen
- Won the glass, 21 rebounds to 10
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 took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 10:17 · IND 10-4 MIN
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 13
Q1 0:40 · IND 40-27 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q1 6:56 · IND 15-19 MIN
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 9
Q3 1:31 · IND 93-84 MIN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Ryan Gomes misses technical free throw
Q3 5:01 · IND 83-68 MIN
📊The numbers
| IND | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 56% |
| 16 | Threes made | 9 |
| 59% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 67 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 27 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 27 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 11 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 7 |
