⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 11 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
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ IND better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Pacers did not.
From the game
Made eleven threes to their five- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their 21, and were outscored 27-10 off them
- Ran them off the floor, 28 fast break points to 5
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Suns
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 24
Q4 10:02 · PHX 107-83 IND
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Gerald Green and Roy Hibbert
Q2 4:16 · PHX 52-39 IND
- Technical
P.J. Tucker technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 6:11 · PHX 81-59 IND
Pacers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 11 | Threes made | 5 |
| 69% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 15 | Assists | 14 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 28 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 27 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 21 |
| 9 | Steals | 6 |
| 0 | Blocks | 4 |
