⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pelicans got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ IND better than we expected
▼ NO better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 17 points worse than our numbers for the Pacers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pelicans won, and why the Pacers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 26 free throws to their sixteen- Won the glass, 50 rebounds to 37
- Made thirteen threes to their twenty
- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their ten
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
- Steal
Aaron Holiday stole it from Eric Bledsoe
Q4 2:54 · IND 107-107 NO
- Ties it
Doug McDermott hit a 25-foot three jumper, T.J. McConnell with the assist
Q4 1:54 · IND 110-110 NO
- Steal
T.J. McConnell stole it from Steven Adams
Q4 1:33 · IND 110-110 NO
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Domantas Sabonis misses free throw flagrant 2 of 2
Q2 1:26 · IND 47-55 NO
- Turnover
Goga Bitadze offensive foul
Q4 1:23 · IND 110-110 NO
- Turnover
Goga Bitadze turnover
Q4 1:23 · IND 110-110 NO
Pelicans
Good plays
- Lead
Lonzo Ball hit a 27-foot three jumper, Steven Adams with the assist
Q4 2:03 · IND 107-110 NO
- Winner
Steven Adams hit a tip shot
Q4 1:15 · IND 110-112 NO
Bad plays
- Turnover
Eric Bledsoe bad pass
Q4 2:54 · IND 107-107 NO
- Turnover
Steven Adams lost ball turnover
Q4 1:33 · IND 110-110 NO
- Turnover
Shot clock turnover
Q4 0:13 · IND 113-114 NO
📊The numbers
| IND | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 20 | Threes made | 13 |
| 48% | Three-point accuracy | 52% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 31 | Assists | 23 |
| 32 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 9 | Steals | 5 |
| 6 | Blocks | 6 |
