⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pacers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ IND better than we expected
▼ CHI better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Pacers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pacers won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Made nineteen threes to their ten- Gave up second chances, twelve offensive rebounds to their five
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 1 down to 7 up
Q1 7:27 · IND 19-12 CHI
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q3 8:28 · IND 78-74 CHI
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 11
Q3 5:31 · IND 90-79 CHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Bulls
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q2 10:56 · IND 32-40 CHI
Bad plays
- Technical
Josh Giddey technical foul
Q4 9:34 · IND 105-96 CHI
📊The numbers
| IND | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 55% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 19 | Threes made | 10 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 36 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 34 | Assists | 24 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 60 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 7 | Steals | 6 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
