⏱️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
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ IND better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pacers won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 52 points inside to 36- A 12-0 run took them from 7 down to 5 up in the second quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 6 down to 5 up
Q1 1:04 · CLE 30-25 IND
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Tristan Thompson and Tyler Hansbrough
Q4 10:38 · CLE 70-77 IND
- Missed FT
C.J. Miles misses technical free throw
Q4 10:26 · CLE 70-81 IND
Pacers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q1 9:22 · CLE 5-10 IND
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 7 down to 5 up
Q2 8:27 · CLE 36-41 IND
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 18
Q4 4:43 · CLE 80-98 IND
Bad plays
- Technical
Gerald Green technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q4 10:26 · CLE 70-81 IND
📊The numbers
| CLE | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 5 | Threes made | 5 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 19 | Assists | 24 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 26 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 4 | Steals | 9 |
| 6 | Blocks | 5 |
