⏱️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
▼ CHA better than we expected
The first 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 Hornets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 24 free throws to their twelve- Won the glass, 51 rebounds to 41
- Went cold from three, two of fifteen
- Kept giving it away, twelve turnovers to their six
A 12-0 run took them from 8 down to 4 up 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q3 3:36 · IND 61-59 CHA
- Lead
Solomon Hill hit a two point shot
Q4 0:00 · IND 88-86 CHA
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Rodney Stuckey and Bismack Biyombo
Q2 8:30 · IND 24-34 CHA
- Technical
Ian Mahinmi technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q2 7:31 · IND 24-36 CHA
Hornets
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 8 down to 4 up
Q1 4:28 · IND 18-22 CHA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 12
Q1 0:39 · IND 20-32 CHA
- Lead
Kemba Walker hit a 25-foot three jumper
Q4 2:15 · IND 83-86 CHA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Kemba Walker misses technical free throw
Q2 7:31 · IND 24-36 CHA
📊The numbers
| IND | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 2 | Threes made | 5 |
| 13% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 7 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 15 | Assists | 18 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 6 |
| 3 | Steals | 6 |
| 3 | Blocks | 6 |
