⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ IND better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Pacers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Pacers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 27 free throws to their seventeen- Gave up second chances, fifteen offensive rebounds to their eight
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
- Turnover
Dahntay Jones bad pass
Q4 1:39 · IND 89-96 POR
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q1 9:03 · IND 6-15 POR
- Steal
Andre Miller stole it from Dahntay Jones
Q4 1:39 · IND 89-96 POR
Bad plays
- Turnover
Andre Miller bad pass
Q4 3:38 · IND 87-92 POR
- Missed FT
Brandon Roy misses free throw 1 of 1
Q4 2:26 · IND 89-96 POR
📊The numbers
| IND | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 3 | Threes made | 6 |
| 18% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 16 | Assists | 20 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 28 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 7 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 2 | Steals | 6 |
| 3 | Blocks | 5 |
