⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pacers got 18 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ IND better than we expected
+4Q122-19
0Q229-28
+4Q326-19
+10Q435-23
▼ MIA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Pacers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pacers won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their two- Lived at the line, 36 free throws to their nineteen
- Won the glass, 55 rebounds to 37
Key battles
47%Three-point accuracy10%
14Threes made2
20Offensive rebounds7
8Points off turnovers21
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Pacers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 18
Q4 10:17 · IND 89-71 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Goran Dragic flagrant foul type 1 (David West draws the foul)
Q3 5:13 · IND 62-58 MIA
📊The numbers
| IND | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 14 | Threes made | 2 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 10% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 64 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 20 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 23 | Assists | 15 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 6 | Steals | 7 |
| 7 | Blocks | 7 |
