⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards got 19 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ IND better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 17 points better than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Pacers did not.
From the game
Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their eight- Gave up second chances, seventeen offensive rebounds to their eight
A 12-0 run cut a 25-point deficit to 13 in the second quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Wizards
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q1 2:35 · WSH 37-29 IND
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 23
Q2 2:20 · WSH 76-53 IND
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pacers
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 25-point deficit to 13
Q2 0:06 · WSH 80-67 IND
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| WSH | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 64% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 12 | Threes made | 14 |
| 46% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 33 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 32 | Assists | 27 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 5 | Steals | 8 |
| 7 | Blocks | 3 |
