⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ IND better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 5 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Pacers did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 58 rebounds to 38- Went cold from three, seven of 25
- Kept giving it away, fifteen turnovers to their nine
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q3 0:24 · MIA 84-79 IND
Bad plays
- Turnover
Goran Dragic bad pass
Q4 2:01 · MIA 92-89 IND
- Missed FT
Hassan Whiteside misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:07 · MIA 94-89 IND
Pacers
Good plays
- Steal
Jeff Teague stole it from Goran Dragic
Q4 2:01 · MIA 92-89 IND
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 37% |
| 7 | Threes made | 9 |
| 28% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 69 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 23 | Assists | 14 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 4 | Steals | 8 |
| 6 | Blocks | 5 |
