⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pacers got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ IND better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 18 points better than our numbers for the Pacers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pacers won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Made ten threes to their four- Looked after the ball, six turnovers to their twelve, and were outscored 20-3 off them
- Owned the paint, 40 points inside to 22
- A 14-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 20 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.
Pacers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q1 1:54 · IND 30-28 NY
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 5 down to 8 up
Q2 8:15 · IND 47-39 NY
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 20
Q2 1:02 · IND 70-50 NY
Bad plays
- Technical
Roy Hibbert technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 4:26 · IND 83-59 NY
Knicks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q1 9:06 · IND 10-18 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| IND | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 10 | Threes made | 4 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 21% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 26 | Assists | 16 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 22 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 3 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 6 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 3 | Steals | 2 |
| 6 | Blocks | 6 |
