⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pacers got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ IND better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Pacers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pacers won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their ten- A 12-0 run took them from 1 down to 11 up in the third quarter
- Could not get to the line, ten free throws to their 32
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 3 down to 8 up
Q2 8:30 · IND 39-31 CHA
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 8 down to 3 up
Q3 3:03 · IND 73-70 CHA
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 1 down to 11 up
Q3 0:05 · IND 87-76 CHA
Bad plays
- Technical
Aaron Brooks technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q4 7:41 · IND 87-76 CHA
Hornets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 9-point deficit to 1
Q1 2:39 · IND 20-19 CHA
Bad plays
- Technical
Steve Clifford technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 6:11 · IND 56-58 CHA
📊The numbers
| IND | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 33% |
| 17 | Threes made | 10 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 7 | Free throws made | 28 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 59 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 24 | Assists | 16 |
| 28 | Points in the paint | 26 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 4 | Steals | 8 |
| 11 | Blocks | 4 |
