⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pacers got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ IND better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Pacers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pacers won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Made sixteen threes to their nine
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Nate Bjorkgren technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 2:33 · IND 98-76 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 27-point deficit to 19
Q4 1:50 · IND 133-114 MEM
Bad plays
- Technical
Ja Morant technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 0:24 · IND 103-80 MEM
📊The numbers
| IND | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 60% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 16 | Threes made | 9 |
| 55% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 30 | Assists | 27 |
| 62 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 29 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 8 | Steals | 11 |
| 8 | Blocks | 7 |
