⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The 76ers got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ IND better than we expected
▼ PHI better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Pacers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the 76ers won, and why the Pacers did not.
From the game
Made eighteen threes to their nine- Won the glass, 51 rebounds to 40
- A 12-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 18 in the third quarter
- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their twelve
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 8
Q4 11:00 · IND 83-91 PHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
76ers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q3 9:34 · IND 55-66 PHI
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 18
Q3 0:56 · IND 73-91 PHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| IND | PHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 9 | Threes made | 18 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 53% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 23 | Assists | 38 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 9 | Steals | 8 |
| 3 | Blocks | 6 |
