⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Raptors got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ TOR better than we expected
▼ IND better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Raptors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Raptors won, and why the Pacers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 38 free throws to their twenty- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their ten, and outscored them 22-11 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Raptors
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 12
Q1 1:24 · TOR 27-15 IND
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q3 10:15 · TOR 61-51 IND
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pacers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 4
Q2 10:32 · TOR 29-25 IND
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 12
Q4 5:45 · TOR 99-87 IND
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| TOR | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 10 | Threes made | 8 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 27 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 21 | Assists | 22 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 4 | Steals | 7 |
| 5 | Blocks | 7 |
