⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hornets got 22 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ IND better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 16 points worse than our numbers for the Pacers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hornets won, and why the Pacers did not.
From the game
Made 24 threes to their ten- Looked after the ball, thirteen turnovers to their twenty, and were outscored 27-18 off them
- Ran them off the floor, 30 fast break points to 15
- A 13-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 29 in the fourth quarter
- Gave up second chances, seventeen offensive rebounds to their eight
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
- Technical
Jeremy Lamb technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 9:38 · IND 100-124 CHA
- Technical
Jeremy Lamb technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 9:38 · IND 100-124 CHA
- Technical
Double technical foul - Keifer Sykes and James Bouknight
Q4 8:38 · IND 102-129 CHA
Hornets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q2 0:08 · IND 70-78 CHA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 22
Q3 6:02 · IND 82-104 CHA
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 29
Q4 10:40 · IND 100-129 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| IND | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 58% |
| 10 | Threes made | 24 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 53% |
| 28 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 36 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 33 | Assists | 37 |
| 60 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 30 |
| 27 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 9 | Steals | 9 |
| 3 | Blocks | 5 |
