⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nets got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ IND better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 22 points better than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nets won, and why the Pacers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 35 free throws to their eleven- A 15-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 22 in the second quarter
- Made nine threes to their fifteen
A 13-0 run cut a 27-point deficit to 14 in the third quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q1 8:35 · BKN 14-6 IND
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 22
Q2 8:17 · BKN 47-25 IND
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pacers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 36-point deficit to 28
Q3 9:08 · BKN 69-41 IND
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run cut a 27-point deficit to 14
Q3 5:13 · BKN 76-62 IND
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 10
Q4 2:23 · BKN 104-94 IND
Bad plays
- Technical
Myles Turner technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 9:41 · BKN 68-33 IND
📊The numbers
| BKN | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 9 | Threes made | 15 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 31 | Free throws made | 7 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 20 | Assists | 26 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 2 | Steals | 4 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
