⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pacers got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ IND better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pacers won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 33 free throws to their seventeen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Pistons
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Ben Gordon flagrant foul type 1 (Danny Granger draws the foul)
Q4 7:33 · DET 72-84 IND
Pacers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Mike Dunleavy misses technical free throw
Q3 1:01 · DET 64-75 IND
📊The numbers
| DET | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 37% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 7 | Threes made | 12 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 61 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 22 | Assists | 24 |
| 26 | Points in the paint | 24 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 6 | Steals | 8 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
