⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pacers got 18 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ IND better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pacers won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Made thirteen threes to their five- A 15-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 16 in the second quarter
- Could not get to the line, 26 free throws to their 39
- Kept giving it away, fifteen turnovers 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.
Nets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pacers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 7 down to 3 up
Q1 3:15 · BKN 24-27 IND
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 16
Q2 5:43 · BKN 47-63 IND
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BKN | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 5 | Threes made | 13 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 57% |
| 32 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 21 | Assists | 34 |
| 30 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 7 | Steals | 6 |
| 3 | Blocks | 7 |
