⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ IND better than we expected
+4Q131-30
-11Q227-41
+6Q327-22
-1Q428-30
▼ SA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Pacers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Pacers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 28 free throws to their fifteen- Won the glass, 49 rebounds to 39
- Went cold from three, thirteen of 46
Key battles
1Offensive rebounds12
13Free throws made22
40%Three-point accuracy28%
4Blocks2
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Pacers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Rick Carlisle technical foul
Q4 9:32 · IND 87-100 SA
Spurs
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 9 down to 1 up
Q1 5:26 · IND 20-21 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| IND | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 12 | Threes made | 13 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 1 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 26 | Assists | 23 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 60 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 9 | Steals | 8 |
| 4 | Blocks | 2 |
