⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pacers got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ IND better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pacers won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Made nineteen threes to their thirteen- Shot well above their usual, nineteen of 26 from three
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Wizards
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q2 9:45 · WSH 42-35 IND
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pacers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q1 11:12 · WSH 5-10 IND
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q2 3:12 · WSH 57-58 IND
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 13
Q4 9:48 · WSH 91-104 IND
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| WSH | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 55% |
| 13 | Threes made | 19 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 73% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 27 | Assists | 25 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 26 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 21 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 9 | Steals | 11 |
| 1 | Blocks | 0 |
