⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pacers got 26 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ IND better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 26 points better than our numbers for the Pacers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pacers won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
A 15-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 22 in the first quarter- Kept giving it away, sixteen turnovers to their ten
- Gave up second chances, eleven offensive rebounds to their four
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 7-point lead to 22
Q1 6:16 · IND 29-7 MIA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 20-point lead to 30
Q1 2:05 · IND 39-9 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 21-point lead to 29
Q4 11:30 · IND 80-51 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| IND | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 33% |
| 9 | Threes made | 4 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 16% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 26 | Assists | 14 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 6 | Steals | 10 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
