⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ IND better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Pacers did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 55 rebounds to 40- Looked after the ball, seven turnovers to their twenty, and outscored them 22-5 off them
- Owned the paint, 54 points inside to 24
- Could not get to the line, 29 free throws to their 44
A 14-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 8 in the first quarter
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 14
Q1 9:52 · MIA 17-3 IND
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 20
Q2 6:18 · MIA 50-30 IND
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 22-point lead to 30
Q3 11:33 · MIA 74-44 IND
Bad plays
- Technical
Jamaal Magloire technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 3:35 · MIA 110-75 IND
Pacers
Good plays
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 8
Q1 2:20 · MIA 34-26 IND
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Luther Head misses technical free throw
Q4 3:35 · MIA 110-75 IND
📊The numbers
| MIA | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 31% |
| 1 | Threes made | 6 |
| 9% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 28 |
| 64 | Rebounds | 59 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 19 | Assists | 12 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 24 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 5 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 10 | Steals | 3 |
| 7 | Blocks | 3 |
