⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pacers got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ IND better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pacers won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Made eight threes to their two- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their fourteen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Pistons
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 10 down to 1 up
Q2 9:38 · DET 21-20 IND
Bad plays
- Technical
Charlie Villanueva technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q2 3:03 · DET 26-27 IND
- Flagrant
Will Bynum flagrant foul type 2 (Tyler Hansbrough draws the foul)
Q4 8:38 · DET 50-71 IND
Pacers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q1 11:07 · DET 0-10 IND
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q2 2:30 · DET 26-37 IND
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 17
Q3 3:06 · DET 48-65 IND
Bad plays
- Technical
David West technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q2 3:34 · DET 23-27 IND
- Missed FT
George Hill misses technical free throw
Q2 3:03 · DET 26-27 IND
📊The numbers
| DET | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 34% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 2 | Threes made | 8 |
| 14% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 58 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 14 | Assists | 21 |
| 24 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 9 | Steals | 8 |
| 2 | Blocks | 6 |
