⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score quarter by quarter is not in yet.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pacers won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 32 free throws to their sixteen- Ran them off the floor, 16 fast break points to 0
- Gave up second chances, nineteen offensive rebounds to their eleven
Key battles
16Fast break points0
27Free throws made11
11Offensive rebounds19
5Threes made9
🏀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 took them from 4 down to 6 up
Q1 5:58 · IND 22-16 MIA
- Winner
Jeff Teague hit a Driving Floating Jump Shot
Q4 2:15 · IND 97-96 MIA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Thaddeus Young misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:07 · IND 102-96 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 1
Q2 7:47 · IND 42-41 MIA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 8 down to 1 up
Q4 5:43 · IND 93-94 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| IND | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 5 | Threes made | 9 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 27 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 58 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 19 |
| 12 | Assists | 18 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 0 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 2 | Steals | 4 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
