⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pacers got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
-2Q127-26
-5Q231-35
-7Q324-30
-7Q429-34
▼ IND better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pacers won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Kept giving it away, sixteen turnovers to their nine, and outscored them 18-10 off them
Key battles
16Assists30
21Free throws made11
10Points off turnovers18
9Turnovers16
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Knicks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Josh Hart technical foul
Q3 9:47 · NY 62-65 IND
Pacers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NY | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 61% |
| 10 | Threes made | 14 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 48% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 32 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 16 | Assists | 30 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 62 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 7 | Steals | 4 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
