⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ IND better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 17 points worse than our numbers for the Pacers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Pacers did not.
From the game
Made eleven threes to their three- Won the glass, 54 rebounds to 35
- Could not get to the line, ten free throws to their 32
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Wizards
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 5 down to 5 up
Q1 0:49 · IND 27-32 WSH
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 16
Q3 8:03 · IND 63-79 WSH
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 18
Q3 3:18 · IND 72-90 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| IND | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 3 | Threes made | 11 |
| 18% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 5 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 60 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 19 | Assists | 26 |
| 60 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 9 | Steals | 8 |
| 3 | Blocks | 2 |
