⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ IND better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Pacers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, fourteen turnovers to their 23, and outscored them 32-13 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Spurs
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 1 down to 9 up
Q1 9:03 · SA 19-10 IND
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q3 3:32 · SA 89-84 IND
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 13
Q4 10:15 · SA 106-93 IND
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pacers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 9 | Threes made | 8 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 29 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 29 | Assists | 20 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 22 | Fast break points | 24 |
| 32 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 23 |
| 15 | Steals | 9 |
| 5 | Blocks | 6 |
