⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pacers got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
0Q131-31
0Q232-29
-13Q320-30
-1Q425-28
▼ IND better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pacers won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
They went cold, ten of 31 from three- Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their twenty, and were outscored 28-16 off them
- A 13-0 run took them from 3 down to 10 up in the first quarter
- Lost the glass, 41 rebounds to 54
Key battles
20Turnovers9
28Points off turnovers16
5Blocks2
18Offensive rebounds11
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
DeAndre Jordan technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 7:11 · BKN 74-71 IND
Pacers
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 3 down to 10 up
Q1 10:24 · BKN 6-16 IND
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BKN | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 10 | Threes made | 11 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 66 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 18 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 21 | Assists | 25 |
| 60 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 28 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 6 | Steals | 9 |
| 5 | Blocks | 2 |
