⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Warriors got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ IND better than we expected
▼ GS better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 16 points worse than our numbers for the Pacers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Warriors won, and why the Pacers did not.
From the game
Made thirteen threes to their six- Lived at the line, 32 free throws to their twelve
- Won the glass, 60 rebounds to 49
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.
Warriors
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 20
Q2 3:18 · IND 38-58 GS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 25-point lead to 33
Q3 3:30 · IND 65-98 GS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| IND | GS | |
|---|---|---|
| 32% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 6 | Threes made | 13 |
| 26% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 27 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 70 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 13 | Assists | 31 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 5 | Steals | 9 |
| 4 | Blocks | 10 |
