⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third 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, 11 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, 23 free throws to their eleven- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their twenty
A 12-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 10 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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 10
Q3 4:26 · IND 79-89 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q2 6:36 · IND 42-53 MIA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 20
Q3 8:01 · IND 64-84 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| IND | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 14 | Threes made | 15 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 36 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 28 | Assists | 27 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 8 | Steals | 16 |
| 4 | Blocks | 1 |
