⏱️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
▲ IND better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Pacers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pacers won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 6 down to 3 up
Q3 4:06 · IND 71-68 SAC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Thaddeus Young misses free throw flagrant 1 of 2
Q4 4:14 · IND 99-85 SAC
Kings
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 4 down to 6 up
Q1 7:47 · IND 13-19 SAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q1 4:26 · IND 21-30 SAC
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Willie Cauley-Stein flagrant foul type 1
Q4 4:14 · IND 99-85 SAC
📊The numbers
| IND | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 8 | Threes made | 9 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 60 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 26 | Assists | 24 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 22 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 7 | Steals | 9 |
| 8 | Blocks | 8 |
