⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ IND better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 17 points worse than our numbers for the Pacers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Pacers did not.
From the game
Made sixteen threes 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.
Pacers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 26-point deficit to 18
Q4 6:11 · IND 95-113 MIA
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - T.J. Warren and Jimmy Butler
Q3 6:29 · IND 56-79 MIA
- Technical
T.J. Warren technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 6:22 · IND 56-79 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 6:45 · IND 11-19 MIA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 18
Q2 0:56 · IND 49-67 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 18-point lead to 26
Q3 4:45 · IND 62-88 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| IND | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 9 | Threes made | 16 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 3 |
| 25 | Assists | 28 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 5 | Steals | 8 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
