⏱️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
▼ WSH 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 Wizards did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 31 free throws to their ten
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Wizards
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 6
Q1 2:02 · IND 31-25 WSH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 4
Q4 1:25 · IND 85-81 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| IND | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 5 | Threes made | 3 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 23% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 8 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 17 | Assists | 24 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 9 | Steals | 9 |
| 3 | Blocks | 6 |
