⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pacers got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ IND better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pacers won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Made twenty threes to their nine- Won the glass, 47 rebounds to 36
- Ran them off the floor, 21 fast break points to 7
- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their eleven
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 13
Q4 10:10 · MIA 93-106 IND
Bad plays
- Technical
KZ Okpala technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 7:30 · MIA 98-110 IND
Pacers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q1 7:34 · MIA 8-11 IND
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 22
Q4 7:30 · MIA 98-120 IND
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 20-point lead to 30
Q4 4:43 · MIA 100-130 IND
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 58% |
| 9 | Threes made | 20 |
| 26% | Three-point accuracy | 56% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 36 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 22 | Assists | 38 |
| 64 | Points in the paint | 60 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 21 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 10 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 9 |
