⏱️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 first quarter was where it moved most, 4 points better than our numbers for the Pacers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pacers won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Made nine threes to their three- Lived at the line, 32 free throws to their eighteen
- A 15-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 21 in the second quarter
- Gave up second chances, sixteen offensive rebounds to their nine
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
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 21
Q2 1:00 · IND 57-36 MIA
Bad plays
- Technical
Al Harrington Technical Foul
Q1 4:13 · IND 14-10 MIA
- Turnover
Ron Artest Offensive Foul
Q4 4:09 · IND 82-74 MIA
- Turnover
Ron Artest Foul
Q4 4:09 · IND 82-74 MIA
Heat
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Brian Grant Technical Foul
Q2 5:35 · IND 31-27 MIA
📊The numbers
| IND | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 9 | Threes made | 3 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 23% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 19 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 0 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 6 | Steals | 4 |
| 7 | Blocks | 2 |
