⏱️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. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ IND better than we expected
▼ MIL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 5 points worse than our numbers for the Pacers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pacers won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, ten of seventeen from three- A 13-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 15 in the third quarter
A 12-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 1 in the third quarter
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
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 15
Q3 8:08 · IND 65-50 MIL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Victor Oladipo traveling
Q4 2:58 · IND 90-84 MIL
- Turnover
Victor Oladipo double dribble turnover
Q4 0:52 · IND 90-89 MIL
- Turnover
Victor Oladipo bad pass
Q4 0:08 · IND 90-89 MIL
Bucks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 5 down to 4 up
Q2 8:59 · IND 28-32 MIL
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 1
Q3 3:35 · IND 68-67 MIL
- Steal
Giannis Antetokounmpo stole it from Victor Oladipo
Q4 0:08 · IND 90-89 MIL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Eric Bledsoe bad pass
Q4 4:12 · IND 88-84 MIL
- Missed FT
Giannis Antetokounmpo misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 1:05 · IND 90-89 MIL
- Turnover
Khris Middleton turnover Cory Joseph
Q4 0:05 · IND 90-89 MIL
📊The numbers
| IND | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 10 | Threes made | 7 |
| 59% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 5 | Assists | 7 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 29 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 3 |
| 14 | Steals | 16 |
| 15 | Blocks | 16 |
