⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pacers got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ IND better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 16 points worse than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pacers won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Made thirteen threes to their three- They went cold, three of 23 from three
- Could not get to the line, nineteen free throws to their 32
- Kept giving it away, fifteen turnovers to their nine
- Beaten inside, 48 points in the paint to 64
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nuggets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Mason Plumlee misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:45 · DEN 99-102 IND
- Missed FT
Mason Plumlee misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 1:45 · DEN 99-102 IND
- Missed FT
Mason Plumlee misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:36 · DEN 104-109 IND
Pacers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run dragged them back level
Q4 7:55 · DEN 91-91 IND
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DEN | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 3 | Threes made | 13 |
| 13% | Three-point accuracy | 45% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 22 | Assists | 31 |
| 64 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 10 | Steals | 1 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
