⏱️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
▲ MIL better than we expected
▼ IND better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Bucks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pacers won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, twenty free throws to their ten- Burned in transition, 0 fast break points to 17
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Bucks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q1 4:26 · MIL 18-16 IND
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q2 10:32 · MIL 32-27 IND
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 3
Q4 0:49 · MIL 91-94 IND
Bad plays
- Technical
Jared Dudley technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 0:26 · MIL 68-65 IND
Pacers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
David West bad pass
Q4 3:26 · MIL 78-83 IND
- Turnover
Rodney Stuckey bad pass
Q4 0:15 · MIL 85-91 IND
- Missed FT
Solomon Hill misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:11 · MIL 87-91 IND
📊The numbers
| MIL | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 7 | Threes made | 8 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 8 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 28 | Assists | 24 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 0 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 10 | Steals | 7 |
| 7 | Blocks | 3 |
