⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pacers got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ IND better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 26 points worse than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pacers won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Made nine threes to their three- Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their nineteen, and outscored them 31-9 off them
- Lost the glass, 33 rebounds to 43
- Beaten inside, 32 points in the paint to 48
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Hornets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Vladimir Radmanovic misses technical free throw
Q2 7:13 · CHA 31-32 IND
- Flagrant
Raja Bell flagrant foul type 1 (Troy Murphy draws the foul)
Q3 0:10 · CHA 54-84 IND
Pacers
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 14
Q2 1:19 · CHA 45-59 IND
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 23
Q3 8:45 · CHA 47-70 IND
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 25-point lead to 34
Q3 1:01 · CHA 54-88 IND
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHA | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 3 | Threes made | 9 |
| 23% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 60 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 15 | Assists | 19 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 0 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 31 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 4 | Steals | 7 |
| 6 | Blocks | 7 |
