⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pacers got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ IND better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Pacers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pacers won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 57 rebounds to 28- Owned the paint, 60 points inside to 16
- A 13-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 23 in the second quarter
- Could not get to the line, thirteen free throws to their 28
- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their ten
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 10-point lead to 23
Q2 10:30 · IND 41-18 MEM
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 21
Q3 10:37 · IND 71-50 MEM
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 24-point lead to 32
Q4 6:39 · IND 96-64 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Grizzlies
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| IND | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 57% | Shooting from the field | 30% |
| 10 | Threes made | 10 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 34% |
| 7 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 67 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 29 | Assists | 16 |
| 60 | Points in the paint | 16 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 2 | Steals | 11 |
| 7 | Blocks | 3 |
