⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pacers got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ IND better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pacers won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Made nineteen threes to their nine- Shot well above their usual, nineteen of 36 from three
- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their eight, and outscored them 22-9 off them
- Beaten inside, 38 points in the paint to 70
A 13-0 run took them from 9 down to 4 up in the third quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 9 down to 4 up
Q3 5:03 · CLE 88-84 IND
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Ty Jerome misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:26 · CLE 112-120 IND
Pacers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 11
Q1 2:44 · CLE 25-36 IND
Bad plays
- Turnover
Myles Turner turnover
Q4 2:31 · CLE 106-114 IND
📊The numbers
| CLE | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 9 | Threes made | 19 |
| 24% | Three-point accuracy | 53% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 25 | Assists | 30 |
| 70 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 8 | Steals | 6 |
| 1 | Blocks | 9 |
