⏱️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. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ IND better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pacers won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 33 free throws to their 22- Won the glass, 53 rebounds to 42
- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their eleven
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Heat
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 9-point deficit to 1
Q3 1:20 · MIA 58-59 IND
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Eddie Jones missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 2:40 · MIA 64-69 IND
- Missed FT
Lamar Odom missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 0:12 · MIA 68-73 IND
Pacers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Ron Artest Bad Pass. Stolen by Dwyane Wade.
Q4 1:13 · MIA 65-71 IND
- Missed FT
Ron Artest missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:10 · MIA 68-73 IND
- Missed FT
Ron Artest missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 0:10 · MIA 68-73 IND
📊The numbers
| MIA | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 30% | Shooting from the field | 32% |
| 1 | Threes made | 3 |
| 8% | Three-point accuracy | 20% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 60 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 7 | Assists | 10 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 10 | Steals | 4 |
| 7 | Blocks | 8 |