⏱️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
▲ IND better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Pacers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pacers won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Kept giving it away, sixteen turnovers to their ten- Gave up second chances, twenty offensive rebounds to their eight
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 4 down to 6 up
Q1 3:49 · IND 22-16 BOS
Bad plays
- Technical
David West technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q2 1:00 · IND 47-35 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 3
Q3 1:35 · IND 69-66 BOS
Bad plays
- Turnover
Rajon Rondo bad pass
Q4 4:20 · IND 81-76 BOS
- Missed FT
Brandon Bass misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 2:21 · IND 88-81 BOS
- Turnover
Chris Babb double dribble turnover
Q4 1:57 · IND 88-81 BOS
📊The numbers
| IND | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 55% | Shooting from the field | 35% |
| 4 | Threes made | 3 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 16% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 20 |
| 22 | Assists | 16 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 5 | Steals | 6 |
| 4 | Blocks | 1 |
