⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pacers got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ IND better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 12 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 seventeen threes to their eleven- Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their sixteen, and were outscored 23-9 off them
- Won the second chances, thirteen offensive rebounds to five
- A 12-0 run took them from 2 down to 10 up in the first quarter
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 25-point deficit to 17
Q4 9:35 · MIA 96-113 IND
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pacers
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 2 down to 10 up
Q1 10:37 · MIA 2-12 IND
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 17
Q1 2:31 · MIA 19-36 IND
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 57% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 11 | Threes made | 17 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 34 | Assists | 35 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 6 | Steals | 9 |
| 6 | Blocks | 4 |
