⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pacers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ IND better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 4 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pacers won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 27 free throws to their sixteen- Won the glass, 63 rebounds to 50
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Lakers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pacers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q1 6:22 · LAL 10-17 IND
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q3 10:11 · LAL 51-59 IND
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q3 2:17 · LAL 72-82 IND
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 5 | Threes made | 5 |
| 21% | Three-point accuracy | 24% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 72 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 24 | Assists | 23 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 5 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 4 |
| 3 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 2 |
