⏱️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
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ IND better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pacers won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 29 free throws to their seventeen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Magic
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 5
Q4 2:45 · ORL 84-89 IND
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Nikola Vucevic misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 3:47 · ORL 75-82 IND
Pacers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Monta Ellis offensive foul (Evan Fournier draws the foul)
Q4 1:47 · ORL 81-89 IND
- Turnover
Monta Ellis turnover
Q4 1:47 · ORL 81-89 IND
📊The numbers
| ORL | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 6 | Threes made | 6 |
| 19% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 17 | Assists | 19 |
| 32 | Points in the paint | 30 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 7 | Steals | 11 |
| 6 | Blocks | 6 |
