⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pacers got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ IND better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Pacers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pacers won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their seventeen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Pacers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 15
Q3 8:18 · IND 66-51 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 27-point deficit to 19
Q4 7:48 · IND 93-74 MIA
Bad plays
- Technical
Alonzo Mourning Technical Foul
Q3 3:01 · IND 70-55 MIA
📊The numbers
| IND | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 6 | Threes made | 6 |
| 46% | Three-point accuracy | 46% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 27 | Assists | 16 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 11 | Steals | 3 |
| 9 | Blocks | 3 |
