⏱️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 fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ IND better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 4 points better than our numbers for the Pacers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pacers won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Made eighteen threes to their ten- Shot well above their usual, eighteen of 41 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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q1 11:56 · IND 9-0 WSH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q3 8:50 · IND 78-76 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Wizards
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 9-point deficit to 1
Q1 9:23 · IND 9-8 WSH
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Kristaps Porzingis misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 3:41 · IND 110-102 WSH
📊The numbers
| IND | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 18 | Threes made | 10 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 34% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 23 | Assists | 25 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 7 | Steals | 6 |
| 2 | Blocks | 3 |
