⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ IND better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Pacers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Pacers did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 50 rebounds to 35- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their nine, and outscored them 20-6 off them
A 14-0 run took them from 8 down to 6 up in the second 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q1 9:10 · IND 10-6 POR
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run took them from 8 down to 6 up
Q2 3:51 · IND 49-43 POR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q1 0:50 · IND 16-25 POR
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 13
Q2 9:38 · IND 22-35 POR
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q3 0:09 · IND 71-79 POR
Bad plays
- Technical
Terry Stotts technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 0:55 · IND 43-43 POR
📊The numbers
| IND | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 6 | Threes made | 10 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 19 | Assists | 19 |
| 32 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 8 | Steals | 3 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
