⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Raptors got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ IND better than we expected
▼ TOR better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Pacers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Raptors won, and why the Pacers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 42 free throws to their 27- Owned the paint, 78 points inside to 38
- A 14-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 18 in the second quarter
- Made seven threes to their fifteen
A 12-0 run cut a 28-point deficit to 16 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.
Pacers
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 28-point deficit to 16
Q4 3:43 · IND 108-124 TOR
Bad plays
- Technical
excess timeout technical foul
Q4 5:38 · IND 94-116 TOR
Raptors
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 3 down to 10 up
Q2 7:05 · IND 43-53 TOR
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 18
Q2 0:31 · IND 53-71 TOR
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 24
Q4 9:13 · IND 89-113 TOR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| IND | TOR | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 55% |
| 15 | Threes made | 7 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 23% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 22 | Assists | 29 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 78 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 33 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 5 | Steals | 13 |
| 3 | Blocks | 3 |
