⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pacers got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ IND better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Pacers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pacers won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, fifteen of 31 from three
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 11
Q4 3:58 · IND 111-100 MIA
Bad plays
- Technical
Udonis Haslem technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 3:02 · IND 21-19 MIA
- Technical
Udonis Haslem technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q1 3:02 · IND 22-19 MIA
📊The numbers
| IND | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 15 | Threes made | 10 |
| 48% | Three-point accuracy | 34% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 25 | Assists | 21 |
| 32 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 8 | Steals | 4 |
| 2 | Blocks | 7 |
