⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ IND better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Pacers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Pacers did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their eight- A 13-0 run took them from 3 down to 10 up in the second quarter
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Knicks
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 3 down to 10 up
Q2 10:26 · IND 33-43 NY
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 16
Q2 6:00 · IND 37-53 NY
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 19
Q2 3:12 · IND 44-63 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| IND | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 8 | Threes made | 15 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 61 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 16 | Assists | 29 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 21 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 3 | Steals | 7 |
| 7 | Blocks | 4 |
