⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pacers got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ IND better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pacers won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 43 rebounds to 29- A 12-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 14 in the fourth quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q1 6:11 · BKN 19-14 IND
Bad plays
- Technical
technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 3:59 · BKN 89-98 IND
Pacers
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 14
Q4 11:00 · BKN 78-92 IND
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q4 3:59 · BKN 90-106 IND
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BKN | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 57% |
| 12 | Threes made | 8 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 37 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 2 | Assists | 7 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 4 | Turnovers | 0 |
| 9 | Steals | 15 |
| 17 | Blocks | 20 |
