⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ IND better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Pacers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their eighteen, and were outscored 22-11 off them- Owned the paint, 66 points inside to 44
- Could not get to the line, fourteen free throws to their 27
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Suns
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q1 0:04 · PHX 30-25 IND
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 13
Q2 0:35 · PHX 67-54 IND
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 20
Q3 6:28 · PHX 81-61 IND
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pacers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Goga Bitadze misses free throw 1 of 1
Q4 4:27 · PHX 105-97 IND
📊The numbers
| PHX | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 7 | Threes made | 10 |
| 28% | Three-point accuracy | 34% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 34 | Assists | 19 |
| 66 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 11 | Steals | 5 |
| 8 | Blocks | 5 |
