⏱️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 second quarter was where it moved most, 6 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, 56 rebounds to 34- Kept giving it away, thirteen turnovers to their four, and outscored them 15-2 off them
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 4 down to 4 up
Q2 5:41 · MIA 47-43 IND
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q3 0:50 · MIA 91-82 IND
- Winner
Goran Dragic hit a 9-foot two point shot, Bam Adebayo with the assist
Q4 0:06 · MIA 113-112 IND
Bad plays
- Technical
Jimmy Butler technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 1:37 · MIA 82-81 IND
- Turnover
Jimmy Butler turnover
Q4 1:10 · MIA 111-110 IND
Pacers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 4:56 · MIA 14-20 IND
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 5 down to 4 up
Q4 5:56 · MIA 102-106 IND
- Go-ahead
Jeremy Lamb hit a 8-foot two point shot
Q4 0:30 · MIA 111-112 IND
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 16 | Threes made | 14 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 45% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 60 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 2 |
| 29 | Assists | 27 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 21 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 2 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 4 |
| 3 | Steals | 8 |
| 2 | Blocks | 4 |
