⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pacers got 9 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 third quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Pacers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pacers won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their eleven
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q1 6:16 · IND 20-15 MIA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q1 2:04 · IND 33-23 MIA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 14
Q2 1:12 · IND 59-45 MIA
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - David West and Shane Battier
Q2 3:33 · IND 45-39 MIA
- Missed FT
Paul George misses technical free throw
Q3 6:30 · IND 66-54 MIA
Heat
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Chris Bosh technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q2 8:47 · IND 35-28 MIA
- Technical
Udonis Haslem technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 6:30 · IND 66-54 MIA
📊The numbers
| IND | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 7 | Threes made | 5 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 34 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 21 | Assists | 21 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 5 | Steals | 7 |
| 3 | Blocks | 6 |
