⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pacers got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ IND better than we expected
▼ NO better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Pacers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pacers won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Made 22 threes to their fourteen- Shot well above their usual, 22 of 48 from three
- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their ten
- Beaten inside, 40 points in the paint to 60
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q1 11:09 · IND 9-0 NO
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 4 down to 7 up
Q2 3:09 · IND 58-51 NO
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 13
Q3 6:50 · IND 85-72 NO
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pelicans
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Naji Marshall technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 9:01 · IND 38-38 NO
📊The numbers
| IND | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 22 | Threes made | 14 |
| 46% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 33 | Assists | 32 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 60 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 22 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 6 | Steals | 7 |
| 8 | Blocks | 4 |
