⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pacers fell 11 points behind the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ IND better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pacers won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eighteen turnovers to their 24, and were outscored 29-15 off them- Made seven threes to their fourteen
- They shot well above their usual, fourteen of 27 from three
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 4 down to 6 up
Q1 5:38 · MIA 18-12 IND
Bad plays
- Turnover
Hassan Whiteside lost ball turnover
Q4 2:53 · MIA 100-96 IND
- Turnover
Josh Richardson traveling
Q4 2:31 · MIA 100-98 IND
- Turnover
Josh Richardson bad pass
Q4 0:21 · MIA 102-105 IND
Pacers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 2
Q2 5:21 · MIA 49-47 IND
- Winner
Bojan Bogdanovic hit a 25-foot three jumper, Victor Oladipo with the assist
Q4 0:56 · MIA 102-103 IND
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q4 1:26 · MIA 102-109 IND
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Thaddeus Young flagrant foul type 2
Q2 1:38 · MIA 52-47 IND
- Turnover
Darren Collison lost ball turnover
Q4 3:08 · MIA 100-96 IND
📊The numbers
| MIA | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 14 | Threes made | 7 |
| 52% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 27 | Assists | 20 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 29 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 24 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 6 | Steals | 10 |
| 6 | Blocks | 5 |
