⏱️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. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ IND better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 5 points worse than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pacers won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Made thirteen threes to their seven- Shot well above their usual, thirteen of 21 from three
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 11
Q4 3:12 · BKN 89-100 IND
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pacers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 18
Q4 11:18 · BKN 67-85 IND
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BKN | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 37% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 7 | Threes made | 13 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 62% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 20 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 15 | Assists | 26 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 9 | Steals | 7 |
| 10 | Blocks | 6 |
