⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ IND better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Pacers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 33 free throws to their seventeen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 9-point deficit to 1
Q1 1:20 · POR 24-25 IND
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 4 down to 7 up
Q3 1:21 · POR 81-74 IND
Bad plays
- Turnover
Wesley Matthews lost ball turnover
Q4 0:19 · POR 103-99 IND
- Missed FT
Nicolas Batum misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:09 · POR 106-102 IND
Pacers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q1 4:24 · POR 11-20 IND
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 3
Q4 4:11 · POR 96-93 IND
- Steal
George Hill stole it from Wesley Matthews
Q4 0:19 · POR 103-99 IND
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Roy Hibbert misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 4:35 · POR 88-82 IND
📊The numbers
| POR | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 5 | Threes made | 9 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 29 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 17 | Assists | 25 |
| 26 | Points in the paint | 30 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 3 | Steals | 9 |
| 4 | Blocks | 2 |
