⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ IND better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Pacers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Pacers did not.
From the game
They went cold, nine of 40 from three
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Clippers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q2 7:02 · IND 43-52 LAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q4 11:46 · IND 97-108 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| IND | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 9 | Threes made | 13 |
| 23% | Three-point accuracy | 46% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 14 | Assists | 34 |
| 60 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 23 | Fast break points | 22 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 9 | Steals | 10 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
