⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pacers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ IND better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Pacers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pacers won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 43 free throws 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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jermaine O'Neal missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:50 · IND 83-78 MIA
- Missed FT
Ron Artest missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:30 · IND 84-78 MIA
- Turnover
Jamaal Tinsley Bad Pass
Q4 0:20 · IND 85-80 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 5
Q2 7:35 · IND 39-34 MIA
Bad plays
- Technical
Rafer Alston Technical Foul
Q3 5:41 · IND 58-56 MIA
- Turnover
Dwyane Wade Lost Ball. Stolen by Ron Artest.
Q4 2:00 · IND 83-78 MIA
- Turnover
Dwyane Wade Lost Ball. Stolen by Ron Artest.
Q4 1:29 · IND 83-78 MIA
📊The numbers
| IND | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 35% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 5 | Threes made | 7 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 34 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 19 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 1 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 9 | Steals | 5 |
| 6 | Blocks | 8 |
