⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pacers got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ IND better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pacers won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Made twenty threes to their eight- They went cold, eight of 35 from three
- Ran them off the floor, 17 fast break points to 4
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Mavericks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Kristaps Porzingis misses technical free throw
Q1 0:56 · DAL 27-26 IND
Pacers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 16
Q4 7:03 · DAL 82-98 IND
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DAL | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 8 | Threes made | 20 |
| 23% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 8 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 17 | Assists | 26 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 4 | Steals | 9 |
| 4 | Blocks | 10 |
