⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pacers got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ IND better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pacers won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their six- Shot well above their usual, seventeen of 28 from three
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Clippers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Russell Westbrook technical foul
Q3 5:16 · LAC 77-83 IND
Pacers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q2 0:57 · LAC 62-70 IND
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q4 11:31 · LAC 89-105 IND
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAC | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 58% |
| 6 | Threes made | 17 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 61% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 36 | Rebounds | 34 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 26 | Assists | 28 |
| 64 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 4 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
