⏱️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 first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ IND better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pacers won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Made 27 threes to their eleven- Won the glass, 50 rebounds to 31
- A 14-0 run stretched a 40-point lead to 54 in the fourth quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Wizards
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Jordan Poole technical foul
Q1 4:49 · WSH 20-22 IND
Pacers
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 14
Q1 4:49 · WSH 20-34 IND
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 30-point lead to 41
Q3 1:07 · WSH 88-129 IND
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 40-point lead to 54
Q4 6:54 · WSH 100-154 IND
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| WSH | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 64% |
| 11 | Threes made | 27 |
| 37% | Three-point accuracy | 57% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 31 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 19 | Assists | 48 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 9 | Steals | 8 |
| 2 | Blocks | 2 |
