⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ IND better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Pacers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Pacers did not.
From the game
Made nine threes to their one- Won the glass, 46 rebounds to 35
- Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their eighteen, and were outscored 23-13 off them
- A 15-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 24 in the fourth quarter
- Could not get to the line, eighteen free throws to their 29
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q3 9:59 · IND 63-62 PHX
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jeff Teague misses technical free throw
Q2 4:03 · IND 38-46 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q2 9:21 · IND 26-40 PHX
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run took them from 6 down to 8 up
Q3 6:00 · IND 75-83 PHX
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 24
Q4 5:41 · IND 92-116 PHX
Bad plays
- Technical
Eric Bledsoe technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q2 4:03 · IND 38-46 PHX
- Technical
Alex Len technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q2 0:06 · IND 46-57 PHX
📊The numbers
| IND | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 1 | Threes made | 9 |
| 14% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 18 |
| 18 | Assists | 21 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 5 | Steals | 14 |
| 8 | Blocks | 7 |
