⏱️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
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ IND better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pacers won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, twenty free throws to their nine
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Kings
Good plays
- Steal
Bogdan Bogdanovic stole it from Victor Oladipo
Q4 1:25 · SAC 93-99 IND
Bad plays
- Turnover
Bogdan Bogdanovic traveling
Q4 4:10 · SAC 91-95 IND
- Turnover
Willie Cauley-Stein offensive foul
Q4 2:19 · SAC 93-99 IND
- Turnover
Willie Cauley-Stein turnover
Q4 2:19 · SAC 93-99 IND
Pacers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 6 down to 3 up
Q1 7:02 · SAC 17-20 IND
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Thaddeus Young misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 2:00 · SAC 93-99 IND
- Turnover
Victor Oladipo bad pass
Q4 1:25 · SAC 93-99 IND
- Turnover
Darren Collison traveling
Q4 0:48 · SAC 96-99 IND
📊The numbers
| SAC | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 13 | Threes made | 8 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 6 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 2 | Assists | 4 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 0 | Turnovers | 0 |
| 18 | Steals | 10 |
| 24 | Blocks | 17 |
