⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 13 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, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Pacers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Pacers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 46 free throws to their 26
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
- Missed FT
Danny Granger misses technical free throw
Q2 5:18 · IND 31-39 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 12
Q1 3:04 · IND 16-28 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q3 8:10 · IND 51-65 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| IND | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 37% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 4 | Threes made | 1 |
| 17% | Three-point accuracy | 14% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 35 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 16 | Assists | 16 |
| 24 | Points in the paint | 24 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 4 | Steals | 7 |
| 9 | Blocks | 3 |
