⏱️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
▼ CHA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 3 points better than our numbers for the Pacers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pacers won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Made eighteen threes to their ten- Looked after the ball, six turnovers to their eighteen, and were outscored 29-4 off them
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 13
Q1 0:14 · IND 38-25 CHA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 18
Q4 4:07 · IND 113-95 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hornets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 4
Q2 8:01 · IND 41-37 CHA
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 1
Q3 7:14 · IND 68-67 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| IND | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 18 | Threes made | 10 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 7 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 38 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 29 | Assists | 20 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 4 | Points off turnovers | 29 |
| 6 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 10 | Steals | 3 |
| 6 | Blocks | 2 |
