⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ IND better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Pacers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Pacers did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their three- Shot well above their usual, fourteen of 24 from three
- Gave up second chances, nineteen offensive rebounds to their eight
A 12-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 9 in the fourth quarter
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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 9
Q4 5:16 · IND 100-109 POR
Bad plays
- Technical
Frank Vogel technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q2 0:16 · IND 52-64 POR
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 12
Q1 1:55 · IND 27-39 POR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| IND | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 3 | Threes made | 14 |
| 21% | Three-point accuracy | 58% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 19 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 21 | Assists | 19 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 7 | Steals | 4 |
| 5 | Blocks | 7 |
