⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hornets got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ IND better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 20 points worse than our numbers for the Pacers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hornets won, and why the Pacers did not.
From the game
Made 22 threes to their eleven- A 16-0 run took them from 6 down to 10 up in the second 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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 5 down to 5 up
Q1 5:35 · IND 26-21 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hornets
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 7 down to 5 up
Q1 7:43 · IND 14-19 CHA
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run took them from 6 down to 10 up
Q2 11:21 · IND 37-47 CHA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q2 5:44 · IND 40-55 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| IND | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 56% |
| 11 | Threes made | 22 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 48% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 37 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 28 | Assists | 35 |
| 58 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 7 | Steals | 10 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
