⏱️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. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ IND better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better 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, fourteen turnovers to their 24, and were outscored 31-7 off them- A 12-0 run took them from 3 down to 9 up in the second quarter
A 15-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 5 in the third quarter
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
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 5
Q3 2:31 · MIA 79-84 IND
Bad plays
- Turnover
Justise Winslow bad pass
Q4 4:29 · MIA 81-88 IND
Pacers
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 3 down to 9 up
Q2 0:44 · MIA 54-63 IND
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 18
Q3 4:39 · MIA 64-82 IND
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 9 | Threes made | 7 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 21 | Assists | 26 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 31 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 24 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 8 | Steals | 15 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
