⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pacers got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ IND better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pacers won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 26 free throws to their fourteen- Won the glass, 55 rebounds to 34
- Owned the paint, 50 points inside to 34
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Mavericks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Chris Kaman technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 9:59 · DAL 42-46 IND
Pacers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q2 0:03 · DAL 42-49 IND
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q3 7:22 · DAL 46-61 IND
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DAL | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 4 | Threes made | 7 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 65 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 18 | Assists | 22 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 8 | Steals | 8 |
| 7 | Blocks | 4 |
