⏱️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
-1Q125-25
+3Q231-26
+5Q328-25
-1Q429-32
▼ WSH better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 5 points better than our numbers for the Pacers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pacers won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 29 free throws to their sixteen- Owned the paint, 74 points inside to 36
- Made four threes to their seventeen
- Went cold from three, four of twenty
Key battles
4Threes made17
20%Three-point accuracy46%
74Points in the paint36
7Offensive rebounds12
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Pacers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 7 down to 3 up
Q1 3:14 · IND 24-21 WSH
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Terry Taylor misses free throw 1 of 1
Q4 1:04 · IND 105-101 WSH
Wizards
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Kyle Kuzma bad pass
Q4 3:10 · IND 99-94 WSH
📊The numbers
| IND | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 4 | Threes made | 17 |
| 20% | Three-point accuracy | 46% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 30 | Assists | 25 |
| 74 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 9 | Steals | 7 |
| 6 | Blocks | 3 |
