⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ IND better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 16 points worse than our numbers for the Pacers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Pacers did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 46 rebounds to 32
A 12-0 run cut a 28-point deficit to 16 in the fourth quarter
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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 28-point deficit to 16
Q4 3:56 · IND 85-101 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 14
Q1 6:50 · IND 9-23 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 23
Q2 10:26 · IND 20-43 MIA
Bad plays
- Technical
Juwan Howard technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 1:00 · IND 85-103 MIA
- Technical
Juwan Howard technical foul (3rd technical foul)
Q4 0:42 · IND 87-103 MIA
📊The numbers
| IND | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 2 | Threes made | 5 |
| 13% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 30 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 15 | Assists | 17 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 6 | Steals | 7 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
