⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hawks got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ IND better than we expected
▼ ATL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Pacers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hawks won, and why the Pacers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 27 free throws to their seventeen
A 14-0 run cut a 24-point deficit to 10 in the second 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
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run cut a 24-point deficit to 10
Q2 4:33 · IND 43-53 ATL
Bad plays
- Technical
Frank Vogel technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q4 7:05 · IND 79-98 ATL
Hawks
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 15
Q1 0:29 · IND 19-34 ATL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| IND | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 9 | Threes made | 9 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 23 | Assists | 27 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 6 | Steals | 11 |
| 2 | Blocks | 7 |
