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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Spurs | 36 | 34 | 32 | 35 | 137 |
 Pacers | 26 | 29 | 30 | 49 | 134 |
SASTeam statsIND| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SAS | 44-8154.3% | 17-3154.8% | 32-4472.7% | 37 | 34 | 17 |
| IND | 51-10449.0% | 11-3531.4% | 21-2295.5% | 42 | 32 | 16 |
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San Antonio Spurs137| 35 | 18 | 6-12 | 1-3 | 5-6 | 0 | −10 | −1.0 | |||||||
| 34 | 23, Career high (his best before, 22) | 7-15 | 4-7 | 0 | 5-6 | 0 | 0 | −9 | +6.0 | |||||
| 33 | 23 | 8-15 | 4-9 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | +16 | +3.0 | ||||||
| 29 | 21 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 13-21 | +12 | +7.2 | ||||||||
| 21 | 4 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | −4.0 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 28 | 27 | 8-13 | 6-8 | 5-5 | 0 | 0 | +3 | +5.1 | ||||||
| 21 | 3 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | +14 | −1.5 | ||||||
| 18 | 11 | 5-8 | 1-1 | 0-0 | −4 | +3.9 | ||||||||
| 12 | 3 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −10 | −1.6 | |||||
| 9 | 4 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | +0.3 | |||
| Team | 137 | 44-8154.3% | 17-3154.8% | 37 | 34 | 17 | 22 | 32-4472.7% | 7 | 9 | 4 | |||
Bench 48 points on 17 for 29 shooting
Did not play: Romeo Langford, Blake Wesley, Malaki Branham, Gorgui Dieng and Isaiah Roby (coach’s decision).
Indiana Pacers134| 27 | 27 | 9-18 | 1-5 | 8-8 | 0 | −10 | +6.1 | |||||||
| 24 | 13 | 5-9 | 3-6 | 0-0 | −8 | +0.8 | ||||||||
| 22 | 9 | 4-7 | 1-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −7 | +0.2 | |||||
| 17 | 4 | 2-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | −4.4 | ||||||
| 7 | 2 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −11 | −3.2 | ||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 30 | 14 | 5-12 | 2-7 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | +11 | −0.2 | ||||||
| 28 | 26 | 8-15 | 3-6 | 0 | 7-8 | 0 | 0 | +9 | +5.2 | |||||
| 21 | 9 | 4-9 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −1.5 | |||||||
| 18 | 8 | 4-7 | 0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −7 | −4.3 | |||||
| 17 | 4 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | +7 | −2.0 | |||||||
| 16 | 16 | 6-9 | 0-1 | 4-4 | +6 | +5.2 | ||||||||
| 12 | 2 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | −1.2 | |||||
| Team | 134 | 51-10449.0% | 11-3531.4% | 42 | 32 | 16 | 34 | 21-2295.5% | 14 | 8 | 6 | |||
Bench 79 points on 30 for 61 shooting
Did not play: Myles Turner (injury/illness); Oshae Brissett (coach’s decision).
Spurs137Pacers134ClickTap a team’s number to see the plays behind it.
PS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. The game’s highs are in blue, hot shooting in gold, cold in gray. ClickTap a column’s heading to sort by it.
Jakob Poeltl scored 21 points (13 at the free-throw line), and the San Antonio Spurs held off the Indiana Pacers 137-134.
The Spurs never trailed and led by as many as 21. The Spurs led 93-72 with 4:29 left in the third quarter, and the Pacers got within 135-134 with 6.7 seconds left.
The Pacers had the ball down 3 after a timeout, but Bennedict Mathurin missed a 3-pointer with 1.7 seconds left that would have tied it.
During clutch time, the teams each scored 4. Tyrese Haliburton (No. 3 in clutch wins added, 2022-23) scored all 4 of the Pacers’ points on 1 for 1 shooting and 2 for 2 at the line. Late in the fourth quarter, Buddy Hield had 2 steals in 7 seconds, the first leading to Andrew Nembhard’s tip-in and the second to Terry Taylor’s layup.
Josh Richardson scored 27 points (18 on 6 3-pointers) on 8 for 13 shooting off the bench. Devin Vassell added a career-high 23 points, and Keldon Johnson had 23 points and 6 assists. The Spurs had 4 20-point scorers.
For the Pacers, Haliburton had 27 points and 12 assists, and Mathurin added 26 points off the bench. Isaiah Jackson scored 16 points on 6 for 9 shooting off the bench. Haliburton scored 18 of his 27 points in the fourth quarter.
The Spurs shot 54.3% from the field and 54.8% from 3 to the Pacers’ 49.0% and 31.4%. The Pacers outscored the Spurs 70-42 in the paint. The Spurs did not make a field goal in the last 3:52. The Pacers outscored the Spurs 34-21 in 6 minutes with Hield, Nembhard, Haliburton, Taylor and Mathurin on the floor together.
San Antonio SpursIndiana PacersPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes.
The five plays that moved the chance to win most, in order.
Each play from the side of the team that made it: its chance to win before and after, and the change in percentage points. On the court, each shot is the shooter’s face (gray when he missed), bigger the more it moved the chance. Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
105 points from the field on 81 shots: 16.3 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 16-25 | 64.0% | 67% |
| In the paint | 5-12 | 41.7% | 44% |
| Mid-range | 6-13 | 46.2% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 6-9 | 66.7% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 11-22 | 50.0% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Nembhard | 18 | 2 | 1-4 | −2 |
| Buddy Hield | 8 | 3 | 1-1 | +1 |
| James Johnson | 5 | 3 | 1-2 | +2 |
| Aaron Nesmith | 4 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 19 | 17 | 6-7 | +13 |
The tracking credits him with 25 points on 55 possessions. He usually scores about 11 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bennedict Mathurin | 20 | 5 | 2-3 | −1 |
| Chris Duarte | 14 | 0 | 0-3 | −4 |
| Aaron Nesmith | 9 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Buddy Hield | 9 | 7 | 2-4 | +5 |
| Everyone else | 19 | 9 | 4-6 | +4 |
The tracking credits him with 21 points on 70 possessions. He usually scores about 19 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buddy Hield | 18 | 6 | 2-3 | +2 |
| Bennedict Mathurin | 17 | 2 | 1-4 | −2 |
| Chris Duarte | 10 | 0 | 0-2 | −2 |
| Andrew Nembhard | 8 | 3 | 1-2 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 18 | 8 | 2-5 | +4 |
The tracking credits him with 19 points on 72 possessions. He usually scores about 16 on that many.
What the players each one guarded scored, against what they usually score on as many possessions.
Possessions, and parts of possessions when defenders switched, from the NBA’s matchup tracking. The line under a defender’s name: his share of the scorer’s possessions. Usual: what the scorer averaged a possession against every defender in the regular season, eased toward the league’s rate when he has few possessions.
IND win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
SAS
50/50
IND
Highest Leverage Moments
Haliburton 3' Running Finger Roll Layup (27 PTS)
Q4 0:07
15.0%
6→21
Jones 26' 3PT Running Jump Shot (7 PTS) (Johnson 3 AST)
Q2 6:32
9.6%
43→34
Nembhard 3PT Jump Shot (6 PTS) (Duarte 1 AST)
Q2 7:17
9.0%
40→49
Vassell 27' 3PT Jump Shot (10 PTS) (Collins 2 AST)
Q2 10:19
8.3%
43→35
Vassell 3PT Jump Shot (13 PTS) (Primo 5 AST)
Q2 3:02
8.1%
29→21
