⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pacers got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ IND better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 15 points better than our numbers for the Pacers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pacers won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, seventeen of 33 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q4 7:45 · IND 107-92 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Celtics
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q1 2:06 · IND 27-32 BOS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 11
Q3 8:58 · IND 78-67 BOS
Bad plays
- Technical
Jaylen Brown technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 4:43 · IND 82-72 BOS
- Technical
Marcus Smart technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 2:54 · IND 120-104 BOS
- Technical
Ime Udoka technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 2:54 · IND 120-104 BOS
📊The numbers
| IND | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 17 | Threes made | 12 |
| 52% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 25 | Assists | 25 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 7 | Steals | 5 |
| 5 | Blocks | 9 |
