⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pacers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ IND better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Pacers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pacers won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their seventeen, and were outscored 27-17 off them- Beaten inside, 52 points in the paint to 76
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
- Steal
Caris LeVert stole it from Svi Mykhailiuk
Q4 2:24 · IND 113-109 OKC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Caris LeVert misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 3:39 · IND 112-107 OKC
- Turnover
Malcolm Brogdon bad pass
Q4 0:24 · IND 118-113 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 6 down to 4 up
Q1 6:20 · IND 18-22 OKC
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 1
Q3 8:49 · IND 73-72 OKC
- Steal
Ty Jerome stole it from Malcolm Brogdon
Q4 0:24 · IND 118-113 OKC
Bad plays
- Turnover
Svi Mykhailiuk bad pass
Q4 2:24 · IND 113-109 OKC
📊The numbers
| IND | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 14 | Threes made | 9 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 18 |
| 30 | Assists | 26 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 76 |
| 35 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 27 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 13 | Steals | 8 |
| 7 | Blocks | 3 |
