⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers got 18 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ IND better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 15 points better than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Pacers did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their ten- Lived at the line, 22 free throws to their twelve
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 8 down to 2 up
Q1 6:07 · POR 19-17 IND
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q2 8:22 · POR 41-35 IND
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q3 9:45 · POR 69-53 IND
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pacers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 7:51 · POR 9-17 IND
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 13
Q4 11:21 · POR 96-83 IND
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| POR | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 17 | Threes made | 10 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 32 | Assists | 22 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 22 | Fast break points | 27 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 10 | Steals | 10 |
| 3 | Blocks | 5 |
