⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 29 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ IND better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 22 points worse than our numbers for the Pacers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Pacers did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 57 rebounds to 31- Ran them off the floor, 34 fast break points to 10
- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their eleven
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q1 0:02 · IND 35-30 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Spurs
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 19
Q3 5:37 · IND 71-90 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| IND | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 60% |
| 13 | Threes made | 18 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 6 |
| 31 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 31 | Assists | 43 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 66 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 34 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 10 | Steals | 10 |
| 2 | Blocks | 10 |
