⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ IND better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Pacers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Pacers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, five turnovers to their eleven- Owned the paint, 52 points inside to 36
- Could not get to the line, 28 free throws to their 44
- Gave up second chances, eighteen offensive rebounds to their six
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 16
Q2 0:44 · IND 56-72 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q3 5:13 · IND 72-87 MIA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 21
Q3 0:13 · IND 78-99 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| IND | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 55% |
| 8 | Threes made | 6 |
| 57% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 30 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 18 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 16 | Assists | 21 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 5 |
| 1 | Steals | 6 |
| 3 | Blocks | 5 |
