⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 19 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ IND better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 19 points worse than our numbers for the Pacers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Pacers did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their eight
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 cut a 17-point deficit to 6
Q2 11:46 · IND 29-35 HOU
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Darren Collison misses technical free throw
Q2 1:55 · IND 47-59 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 19
Q3 8:50 · IND 57-76 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| IND | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 8 | Threes made | 17 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 7 | Assists | 5 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 2 |
| 13 | Steals | 13 |
| 15 | Blocks | 20 |
