⏱️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
▲ MIL better than we expected
▼ IND better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 5 points worse than our numbers for the Bucks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pacers won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 41 free throws to their twenty- A 14-0 run took them from 1 down to 13 up in the fourth quarter
- Kept giving it away, nineteen turnovers to their eleven
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Bucks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pacers
Good plays
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run took them from 1 down to 13 up
Q4 7:58 · MIL 78-91 IND
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Darren Collison misses technical free throw
Q1 2:12 · MIL 22-26 IND
- Missed FT
Paul George misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:28 · MIL 91-98 IND
📊The numbers
| MIL | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 9 | Threes made | 7 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 30 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 59 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 20 | Assists | 17 |
| 30 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 8 | Steals | 5 |
| 1 | Blocks | 3 |
