⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ IND better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Pacers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their nineteen, and outscored them 21-10 off them
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 stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q1 9:06 · MIA 14-5 IND
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q3 9:11 · MIA 68-52 IND
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pacers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 8 down to 1 up
Q1 4:37 · MIA 19-20 IND
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 4
Q4 3:47 · MIA 96-92 IND
Bad plays
- Turnover
Backcourt
Q4 1:47 · MIA 96-92 IND
- Missed FT
Jeff Foster misses free throw 1 of 1
Q4 0:57 · MIA 100-96 IND
📊The numbers
| MIA | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 58% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 1 | Threes made | 4 |
| 10% | Three-point accuracy | 24% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 35 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 22 | Assists | 15 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 21 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 11 | Steals | 4 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
