⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pacers got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ IND better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pacers won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 50 rebounds to 40- A 12-0 run took them from 5 down to 7 up in the third quarter
- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their twelve
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
LeBron James misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 4:30 · MIA 70-71 IND
- Missed FT
LeBron James misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:54 · MIA 75-76 IND
- Missed FT
LeBron James misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:54 · MIA 75-76 IND
Pacers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run dragged them back level
Q2 2:56 · MIA 33-33 IND
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 5 down to 7 up
Q3 6:56 · MIA 46-53 IND
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Paul George misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:20 · MIA 75-76 IND
- Missed FT
Paul George misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 1:20 · MIA 75-76 IND
- Missed FT
Roy Hibbert misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:32 · MIA 75-76 IND
📊The numbers
| MIA | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 35% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 1 | Threes made | 3 |
| 6% | Three-point accuracy | 20% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 61 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 11 | Assists | 10 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 10 | Steals | 8 |
| 5 | Blocks | 7 |
