⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 20 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ IND better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Pacers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Pacers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their sixteen, and were outscored 23-13 off them- Won the second chances, fifteen offensive rebounds to seven
- A 13-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 17 in the first 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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Spurs
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q1 9:41 · IND 5-13 SA
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 17
Q1 3:01 · IND 15-32 SA
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 26
Q4 5:05 · IND 77-103 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| IND | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 6 | Threes made | 8 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 14 | Assists | 18 |
| 28 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 0 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 4 | Steals | 10 |
| 3 | Blocks | 5 |
