⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pacers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ IND better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The third 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
Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their nineteen, and were outscored 24-13 off them
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q2 5:01 · IND 40-42 MIA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 5 down to 5 up
Q3 4:11 · IND 70-65 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 7 down to 3 up
Q1 2:56 · IND 22-25 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| IND | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 6 | Threes made | 5 |
| 21% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 8 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 22 | Assists | 14 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 13 | Steals | 6 |
| 6 | Blocks | 8 |
