⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ IND better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 5 points worse than our numbers for the Pacers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Pacers did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 48 rebounds to 36- Kept giving it away, sixteen turnovers to their ten
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 cut a 21-point deficit to 13
Q4 1:34 · IND 115-128 NY
Bad plays
- Technical
Thomas Bryant technical foul
Q2 1:12 · IND 55-63 NY
Knicks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q1 1:31 · IND 26-27 NY
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q2 10:37 · IND 34-38 NY
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 1 down to 9 up
Q2 5:44 · IND 47-56 NY
Bad plays
- Technical
Tom Thibodeau technical foul
Q2 11:15 · IND 31-27 NY
📊The numbers
| IND | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 9 | Threes made | 10 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 37% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 36 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 32 | Assists | 37 |
| 58 | Points in the paint | 68 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 20 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 8 | Steals | 6 |
| 3 | Blocks | 2 |
