⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pacers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ IND better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pacers won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 34 free throws to their 23- A 12-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 15 in the third quarter
- Gave up second chances, fourteen offensive rebounds to their six
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Kings
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 6 down to 5 up
Q1 10:21 · SAC 11-6 IND
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Carl Landry flagrant foul type 1 (Solomon Jones draws the foul)
Q2 10:33 · SAC 25-24 IND
Pacers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q2 0:10 · SAC 52-57 IND
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 15
Q3 9:42 · SAC 54-69 IND
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SAC | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 5 | Threes made | 6 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 29 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 17 | Assists | 22 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 4 | Steals | 8 |
| 3 | Blocks | 6 |
