⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pacers got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ IND better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 26 points worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pacers won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their eleven- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their 24, and were outscored 36-9 off them
- Owned the paint, 62 points inside to 46
- A 17-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 29 in the fourth quarter
- Could not get to the line, fourteen free throws to their 25
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Spurs
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run dragged them back level
Q2 8:37 · SA 39-39 IND
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q3 6:21 · SA 77-76 IND
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Sidy Cissoko misses free throw flagrant 1 of 2
Q4 2:14 · SA 97-129 IND
- Flagrant
Sandro Mamukelashvili flagrant foul type 2
Q4 1:35 · SA 98-129 IND
Pacers
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 17
Q2 2:09 · SA 50-67 IND
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 1 down to 10 up
Q3 3:25 · SA 80-90 IND
- 17-0 run
A 17-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 29
Q4 9:11 · SA 94-123 IND
Bad plays
- Technical
Bennedict Mathurin technical foul
Q3 7:44 · SA 67-74 IND
- Flagrant
Jarace Walker flagrant foul type 1
Q4 2:14 · SA 97-129 IND
📊The numbers
| SA | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 11 | Threes made | 17 |
| 34% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 22 | Assists | 32 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 62 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 26 |
| 36 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 24 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 9 | Steals | 14 |
| 5 | Blocks | 9 |
