⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pacers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ IND better than we expected
▼ BKN better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 3 points better than our numbers for the Pacers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pacers won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, six turnovers to their thirteen- Owned the paint, 52 points inside to 30
- A 12-0 run from level to 12 points up in the second quarter
- Made ten threes to their seventeen
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 from level to 12 points up
Q2 1:25 · IND 64-52 BKN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 21
Q3 7:31 · IND 84-63 BKN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 21
Q4 11:32 · IND 105-84 BKN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q2 5:31 · IND 46-48 BKN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| IND | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 10 | Threes made | 17 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 45% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 23 | Assists | 22 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 30 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 6 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 7 | Steals | 5 |
| 9 | Blocks | 8 |
