⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hornets got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ IND better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Pacers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hornets won, and why the Pacers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 29 free throws to their nineteen- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their twenty
- Burned in transition, 10 fast break points to 25
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q1 0:33 · IND 30-28 CHA
Bad plays
- Technical
Caris LeVert technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 0:38 · IND 46-54 CHA
Hornets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q2 0:01 · IND 49-65 CHA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 19
Q4 3:10 · IND 93-112 CHA
Bad plays
- Technical
Terry Rozier technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 4:28 · IND 41-42 CHA
📊The numbers
| IND | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 10 | Threes made | 8 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 26% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 29 | Assists | 27 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 25 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 7 | Steals | 16 |
| 6 | Blocks | 3 |
