⏱️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
▼ NY better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Pacers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pacers won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 29 free throws to their eighteen- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their nineteen, and were outscored 17-7 off them
- They shot well above their usual, thirteen of 28 from three
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 12
Q2 0:01 · IND 64-52 NY
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q4 9:18 · IND 97-81 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Knicks
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 1 down to 10 up
Q2 6:46 · IND 37-47 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| IND | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 8 | Threes made | 13 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 46% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 26 | Assists | 22 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 7 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 11 | Steals | 4 |
| 3 | Blocks | 5 |
