The Good: Having started the game rather slow, the Indiana Pacers picked up the effort in the second quarter and ended up turning the ball over just nine times compared to New York’s 14, while forcing 10 steals. This translated to winning the points off turnover battle despite failing to stay tight defensively in the waning minutes.
The Bad: The second night of a back-to-back is always difficult, especially when at home the first game and on the road in the second. Ending the night shooting 13/23 from outside the arc, the hosts capitalized on 10/15 from range in the second half as Indiana could not come up with enough of an answer on the other end.