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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Pacers | 39 | 19 | 31 | 28 | 117 |
 Thunder | 28 | 25 | 32 | 29 | 114 |
INDTeam statsOKC| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IND | 45-9646.9% | 16-3842.1% | 11-2055.0% | 51 | 34 | 10 |
| OKC | 40-8248.8% | 7-2626.9% | 27-3090.0% | 41 | 18 | 9 |
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Indiana Pacers117| 37 | 21 | 9-20 | 2-6 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | −6 | +0.2 | ||||||
| 36 | 27 | 10-16 | 4-7 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | +16 | +9.5 | ||||||
| 36 | 17 | 7-14 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1.0 | ||||||
| 33 | 4 | 2-9 | 0-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −3.2 | |||||||
| 31 | 26, Career high (his best before, 21) | 8-15 | 3-6 | 7-11 | 0 | 0 | +9 | +4.3 | ||||||
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| 25 | 10 | 4-9 | 2-7 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2.8 | ||||
| 19 | 6 | 3-9 | 0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −5 | −1.3 | ||||||
| 14 | 6 | 2-4 | 2-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | +0.3 | ||||
| 6 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | +5 | −2.6 | |||||
| 2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −0.6 | |
| Team | 117 | 45-9646.9% | 16-3842.1% | 51 | 34 | 10 | 24 | 11-2055.0% | 14 | 5 | 1 | |||
Bench 22 points on 9 for 22 shooting
Did not play: Ethan Thompson and Kam Jones (coach’s decision); Tony Bradley.
Oklahoma City Thunder114| 35 | 2 | 1-9 | 0-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −17 | −14.2 | ||||||
| 35 | 47 | 17-28 | 1-4 | 12-12 | +4 | +14.2 | ||||||||
| 33 | 25 | 8-14 | 2-4 | 0 | 7-8 | 0 | 0 | +13 | +8.6 | |||||
| 30 | 10 | 3-7 | 3-4 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −0.9 | |||||
| 30 | 7 | 2-7 | 0-5 | 3-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +7 | −9.0 | |||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 28 | 12 | 5-8 | 0-2 | 0 | 2-3 | −7 | +3.1 | |||||||
| 22 | 2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | −2 | −5.9 | |||||||
| 14 | 7 | 3-5 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +5 | +2.1 | ||||
| 7 | 2 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −12 | −3.9 | |||
| 6 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | −3.0 | |||
| Team | 114 | 40-8248.8% | 7-2626.9% | 41 | 18 | 9 | 22 | 27-3090.0% | 4 | 4 | 8 | |||
Bench 23 points on 9 for 17 shooting
Did not play: Chris Youngblood (coach’s decision); Aaron Wiggins (injury/illness).
Pacers117Thunder114ClickTap 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.
Andrew Nembhard had 27 points and 11 assists, and the Indiana Pacers held off the defending champion Oklahoma City Thunder 117-114.
The Pacers took control with a 28-13 run bridging the first and second quarters and led by as many as 17. The Pacers led 47-30 with 9:03 left in the second quarter, and the Thunder got within 115-114 with 7.8 seconds left.
The Thunder had the ball down 3 after a timeout, but Isaiah Joe missed a corner 3-pointer with 3 seconds left that would have tied it.
During clutch time, the Pacers outscored the Thunder 7-5. Jarace Walker scored 4 of the Pacers’ 7 at the line, 4 for 4.
Walker scored a career-high 26 points, and Pascal Siakam added 21 points (12 in the paint) and 6 assists. The Pacers had 3 20-point scorers.
For the Thunder, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 47 points on 17 for 28 shooting, and Chet Holmgren added 25 points, 13 rebounds and 3 blocks. Gilgeous-Alexander scored 15 of his 47 points in the fourth quarter.
The Pacers grabbed 14 offensive rebounds to the Thunder’s 4. The Thunder forced 11 turnovers, about 6 fewer than usual for this many possessions.
Indiana PacersOklahoma City ThunderPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. Wins: how much his shots, free throws, turnovers and passes moved his team’s chance to win (1.00 is a whole win).
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. The Pacers’ chance bottomed out at 4.9% (1st quarter, 11:35 left).
106 points from the field on 96 shots: 3.0 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 15-24 | 62.5% | 67% |
| In the paint | 9-22 | 40.9% | 45% |
| Mid-range | 5-12 | 41.7% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 3-12 | 25.0% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 13-26 | 50.0% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cason Wallace | 25 | 5 | 2-3 | −2 |
| Luguentz Dort | 18 | 7 | 3-3 | +2 |
| Shai Gilgeous-Alexander | 17 | 3 | 1-2 | −1 |
| Isaiah Joe | 6 | 5 | 1-2 | +3 |
| Everyone else | 11 | 7 | 3-6 | +4 |
The tracking credits him with 27 points on 77 possessions. He usually scores about 21 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jaylin Williams | 16 | 4 | 2-4 | +1 |
| Chet Holmgren | 11 | 3 | 1-4 | +1 |
| Shai Gilgeous-Alexander | 10 | 2 | 1-1 | 0 |
| Kenrich Williams | 7 | 3 | 1-1 | +2 |
| Everyone else | 18 | 14 | 3-5 | +10 |
The tracking credits him with 26 points on 61 possessions. He usually scores about 12 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luguentz Dort | 24 | 3 | 1-4 | −5 |
| Kenrich Williams | 22 | 2 | 1-3 | −5 |
| Chet Holmgren | 9 | 2 | 1-5 | −1 |
| Isaiah Joe | 8 | 4 | 2-2 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 17 | 10 | 4-6 | +4 |
The tracking credits him with 21 points on 79 possessions. He usually scores about 27 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.
Score margin over time — positive = OKC leads, negative = IND leads
OKC Largest Lead
2
Q1 11:43
IND Largest Lead
17
Q2 9:03
Key Scoring Runs (8+)
IND 8-0 run
Q1 5:00 – Q1 4:15
-2 → -10
IND 8-0 run
Q1 2:04 – Q1 0:59
-3 → -11
OKC 9-0 run
Q2 4:08 – Q2 2:40
-14 → -5
OKC 8-0 run
Q3 3:52 – Q3 2:50
-11 → -3
