⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ IND better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Pacers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their eighteen, and outscored them 27-15 off them- A 15-0 run took them from 3 down to 12 up 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
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run took them from 3 down to 12 up
Q1 5:24 · MIA 32-20 IND
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run from level to 10 points up
Q2 2:42 · MIA 56-46 IND
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 20
Q3 8:48 · MIA 73-53 IND
Bad plays
- Missed FT
LeBron James misses technical free throw
Q1 5:33 · MIA 15-14 IND
Pacers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 7 | Threes made | 10 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 37% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 29 |
| 36 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 20 | Assists | 14 |
| 28 | Points in the paint | 24 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 27 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 10 | Steals | 8 |
| 5 | Blocks | 1 |
