⏱️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. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ IND better than we expected
-4Q129-29
+6Q237-31
0Q337-36
0Q429-27
▼ NY better than we expected
The second 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 Knicks did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, eleven of nineteen from three- A 14-0 run took them from 6 down to 8 up in the second quarter
- Kept giving it away, nineteen turnovers to their thirteen
Key battles
58%Three-point accuracy33%
11Fast break points19
6Steals11
9Blocks5
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Pacers
Good plays
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run took them from 6 down to 8 up
Q2 7:41 · IND 51-43 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Knicks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Shot clock violation
Q4 3:00 · IND 124-116 NY
📊The numbers
| IND | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 11 | Threes made | 9 |
| 58% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 33 | Free throws made | 30 |
| 69 | Rebounds | 69 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 30 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 6 | Steals | 11 |
| 9 | Blocks | 5 |
