⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pacers got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ IND better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 16 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pacers won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Made nineteen threes to their five- Shot well above their usual, nineteen of 43 from three
- A 12-0 run took them from 3 down to 9 up in the third quarter
- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their eleven
- Beaten inside, 44 points in the paint to 74
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Rockets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q2 9:12 · HOU 51-42 IND
- Ties it
Tari Eason hit a 2-foot dunk
Q4 2:33 · HOU 115-115 IND
- Lead
Fred VanVleet hit a 8-foot driving floating jump shot
Q4 1:50 · HOU 117-115 IND
Bad plays
- Technical
Tari Eason technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 3:30 · HOU 80-86 IND
Pacers
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 3 down to 9 up
Q3 10:19 · HOU 69-78 IND
- Winner
Tyrese Haliburton hit a 26-foot threeer
Q4 1:03 · HOU 117-120 IND
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q4 1:36 · HOU 117-123 IND
Bad plays
- Turnover
Aaron Nesmith offensive foul
Q4 4:18 · HOU 109-113 IND
- Turnover
Andrew Nembhard bad pass
Q4 3:41 · HOU 111-113 IND
- Missed FT
Myles Turner misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:20 · HOU 117-123 IND
📊The numbers
| HOU | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 5 | Threes made | 19 |
| 21% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 19 | Assists | 28 |
| 74 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 15 | Steals | 5 |
| 2 | Blocks | 7 |
