⏱️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
▲ IND better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Pacers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pacers won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Made thirteen threes to their three- They went cold, three of seventeen from three
- Lost the glass, 40 rebounds to 52
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 3 down to 8 up
Q1 3:42 · IND 30-22 CHA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Danny Granger bad pass
Q4 4:43 · IND 87-81 CHA
- Missed FT
Danny Granger misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 4:26 · IND 87-83 CHA
Hornets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 5
Q4 8:34 · IND 84-79 CHA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Boris Diaw traveling
Q4 3:15 · IND 91-83 CHA
📊The numbers
| IND | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 13 | Threes made | 3 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 18% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 60 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 25 | Assists | 17 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 28 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 9 | Steals | 8 |
| 9 | Blocks | 10 |
