⏱️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.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ IND better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 8 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 21 threes to their thirteen- Kept giving it away, sixteen turnovers to their ten, and outscored them 21-10 off them
- Beaten inside, 36 points in the paint to 52
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 took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q2 0:59 · MIA 63-56 IND
- Ties it
Tyler Herro hit a 28-foot threeer, Kyle Lowry with the assist
Q4 0:14 · MIA 108-108 IND
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pacers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 7 down to 3 up
Q3 4:25 · MIA 75-78 IND
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q4 11:09 · MIA 84-92 IND
- Winner
Tyrese Haliburton hit a 28-foot three jumper
Q4 0:04 · MIA 108-111 IND
Bad plays
- Turnover
Tyrese Haliburton out of bounds bad pass turnover
Q4 2:13 · MIA 101-107 IND
- Missed FT
Oshae Brissett misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:01 · MIA 103-107 IND
📊The numbers
| MIA | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 13 | Threes made | 21 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 45% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 38 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 23 | Assists | 26 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 7 | Steals | 5 |
| 3 | Blocks | 6 |
