⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ IND better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Pacers did not.
From the game
A 13-0 run took them from 2 down to 11 up in the first quarter- Kept giving it away, fifteen turnovers 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.
Heat
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 2 down to 11 up
Q1 3:35 · MIA 26-15 IND
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 1 down to 10 up
Q2 3:05 · MIA 45-35 IND
Bad plays
- Turnover
Udonis Haslem Turnover
Q4 1:40 · MIA 80-73 IND
- Turnover
Eddie Jones Bad Pass. Stolen by Stephen Jackson.
Q4 1:32 · MIA 82-75 IND
- Turnover
Dwyane Wade Lost Ball. Stolen by Anthony Johnson.
Q4 0:59 · MIA 82-75 IND
Pacers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 2
Q2 10:11 · MIA 26-24 IND
Bad plays
- Turnover
Reggie Miller Bad Pass
Q4 2:17 · MIA 80-72 IND
- Missed FT
Anthony Johnson missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 1:40 · MIA 80-72 IND
- Flagrant
Jermaine O'Neal Flagrant Foul Type 1. His 3rd Personal Foul.
Q4 1:40 · MIA 80-73 IND
📊The numbers
| MIA | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 35% |
| 9 | Threes made | 7 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 17 | Assists | 11 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 4 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 4 | Steals | 7 |
| 6 | Blocks | 2 |
