⏱️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. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ IND better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Pacers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Pacers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 28 free throws to their twelve
A 13-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 15 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.
Pacers
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 15
Q3 11:12 · IND 58-43 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 2
Q2 2:22 · IND 45-43 MIA
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 4
Q3 8:38 · IND 58-54 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q4 5:50 · IND 82-89 MIA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Jimmy Butler bad pass
Q4 3:36 · IND 82-87 MIA
- Missed FT
Bam Adebayo misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:06 · IND 84-89 MIA
📊The numbers
| IND | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 11 | Threes made | 10 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 8 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 23 | Assists | 22 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 21 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 7 | Steals | 5 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
