⏱️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
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ IND better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pacers won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their six- Could not get to the line, eight free throws to their 21
- Gave up second chances, fifteen offensive rebounds to their five
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Spurs
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Marco Belinelli technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 8:37 · SA 26-39 IND
Pacers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 11
Q1 1:20 · SA 22-33 IND
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 25
Q4 6:23 · SA 79-104 IND
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 21-point lead to 29
Q4 4:23 · SA 83-112 IND
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 6 | Threes made | 17 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 53% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 7 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 16 | Assists | 34 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 3 | Steals | 9 |
| 3 | Blocks | 5 |
