8 Pacers threes and how they happened (Patreon)

Shedding light on a lights out performance from deep

By: Caitlin Cooper I @C2_Cooper

What a difference the three-point line makes, amirite? After going 3-of-30 from the deep in the second game of the season against the Knicks, the Pacers outscored New York 63 to 21 from beyond the arc on Sunday, including going 8-of-13 from three in the fourth quarter alone. Not-so-surprisingly. one of those games was a loss and the other game was a win. For frame of reference, whereas the Pacers went 4-15 in games last season when they shot below 30 percent from three, they went 5-2 when they made 20 or more threes. Needless to say, when they catch fire from deep, they're hard to catch. As such, from a game that saw Myles Turner (26), Tyrese Haliburton (35), and Bennedict Mathurin (38) nearly combine for 100 points, the attached video is a breakdown of every three the team made in the fourth quarter, with added context from the prior match-up and other games throughout the season to shed light on what was a lights out performance from deep.

Enjoy! (Oh, and stay tuned until the end for a few defensive highlights as well!)