⏱️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
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ IND better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pacers won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, fourteen turnovers to their 22, and were outscored 27-17 off them- A 12-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 15 in the first quarter
- Made four threes to their eleven
- Went cold from three, four of twenty
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Suns
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 9
Q3 2:00 · PHX 63-72 IND
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 8
Q4 4:30 · PHX 78-86 IND
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pacers
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 15
Q1 2:12 · PHX 17-32 IND
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 20
Q3 6:03 · PHX 51-71 IND
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Paul George misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:31 · PHX 85-93 IND
- Turnover
Lavoy Allen bad pass
Q4 0:09 · PHX 89-95 IND
📊The numbers
| PHX | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 35% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 11 | Threes made | 4 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 20% |
| 27 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 15 | Assists | 14 |
| 28 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 21 | Fast break points | 24 |
| 27 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 22 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 4 | Steals | 16 |
| 2 | Blocks | 6 |
