⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pacers got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ IND better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pacers won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 31 free throws to their eighteen- Lost the glass, 34 rebounds to 44
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Hornets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Mason Plumlee bad pass
Q4 4:19 · CHA 104-106 IND
Pacers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run dragged them back level
Q2 1:43 · CHA 63-63 IND
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q4 4:58 · CHA 104-110 IND
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHA | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 12 | Threes made | 11 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 34 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 29 | Assists | 27 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 62 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 27 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 8 | Steals | 11 |
| 4 | Blocks | 9 |
