⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pacers got 19 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CHI better than we expected
▼ IND better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Bulls.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pacers won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Made twenty threes to their thirteen- Looked after the ball, fourteen turnovers to their twenty, and were outscored 32-13 off them
- Ran them off the floor, 29 fast break points to 13
- Could not get to the line, ten free throws to their 26
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Bulls
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 6
Q1 1:10 · CHI 33-39 IND
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pacers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q1 9:01 · CHI 7-16 IND
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 14
Q1 2:53 · CHI 25-39 IND
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 14
Q2 8:58 · CHI 41-55 IND
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Quenton Jackson flagrant foul type 1
Q4 5:37 · CHI 108-132 IND
📊The numbers
| CHI | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 57% |
| 13 | Threes made | 20 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 22 | Assists | 49 |
| 60 | Points in the paint | 72 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 29 |
| 32 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 6 | Steals | 14 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
