⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pacers got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ IND better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 16 points worse than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pacers won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, sixteen turnovers to their 23, and were outscored 30-19 off them- A 18-0 run took them from 4 down to 14 up in the second quarter
- Beaten inside, 26 points in the paint to 46
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Pistons
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q1 7:24 · DET 20-11 IND
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pacers
Good plays
- 18-0 run
A 18-0 run took them from 4 down to 14 up
Q2 11:36 · DET 30-44 IND
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Rodney Stuckey flagrant foul type 1 (Stanley Johnson draws the foul)
Q4 9:12 · DET 74-87 IND
📊The numbers
| DET | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 5 | Threes made | 7 |
| 23% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 61 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 19 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 14 | Assists | 21 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 26 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 30 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 23 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 8 | Steals | 15 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
