⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pacers got 14 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
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ IND better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pacers won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Made thirteen threes to their six- Kept giving it away, twelve turnovers to their six, and outscored them 18-8 off them
- Beaten inside, 70 points in the paint to 88
- Gave up second chances, 24 offensive rebounds to their fifteen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 9
Q2 7:44 · MEM 48-57 IND
- Steal
Desmond Bane stole it from Caris LeVert
Q4 0:14 · MEM 125-130 IND
Bad plays
- Turnover
Ja Morant lost ball turnover
Q4 0:25 · MEM 125-128 IND
Pacers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q1 7:13 · MEM 10-22 IND
- Steal
Malcolm Brogdon stole it from Ja Morant
Q4 0:25 · MEM 125-128 IND
Bad plays
- Turnover
Caris LeVert bad pass
Q4 0:14 · MEM 125-130 IND
📊The numbers
| MEM | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 6 | Threes made | 13 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 24 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 27 | Assists | 35 |
| 88 | Points in the paint | 70 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 22 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 6 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 11 | Steals | 5 |
| 6 | Blocks | 10 |
