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Indiana Pacers at Miami Heat

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17-18, 9-12 Away
Final
128 - 115

17-15, 10-6 Home

Haliburton scores 33 and hands out 15 assists, leading Pacers to 128-115 win over Heat

Haliburton torches Heat with 33 points, 15 assists for Pacers

Pascal Siakam had 18 points and 11 rebounds for the Pacers, who shot 53% and led by as many as 28.

Kel’el Ware led the Heat with 25 points. Bam Adebayo scored 20, Tyler Herro added 17 and Terry Rozier had 16 for Miami.

Jimmy Butler scored nine points, and didn’t play in the fourth quarter for a second consecutive night. He also had nine points in Wednesday's win over New Orleans.

Takeaways Pacers: Indiana made 17 3-pointers and the Pacers are now 8-2 this season when connecting at least 15 times from beyond the arc. They're 5-10 this season in games where they made 12 or fewer from 3-point range.

Heat: Thursday was the 25th anniversary of Miami's first game at what is now called Kaseya Center. The Heat beat Orlando 111-103 on opening night, Jan. 2, 2000. They're now 736-395 in the building, including 86-36 in playoff games.

Key moment Miami was within 14 early in the third, before the Pacers got six points in 30 seconds — a three-point play from Turner and a 3-pointer from Siakam — to go up 78-58 with 8:08 left in that quarter.

Key stat Haliburton had 16 points and five assists in the first quarter. It marked the third time in his career that he has done that in a quarter, joining the third quarter of a Pacers-Charlotte game on Nov. 4, 2023 (25 and 6) and the fourth quarter of a Pacers-San Antonio game on Oct. 21, 2022 (18 and 5). Oddly, the Pacers lost both of those games.

Up Next Both teams are at home Saturday night, with the Pacers hosting Phoenix and the Heat hosting Utah.

Regular Season Series

IND leads series 2-1

Matchup Prediction

Heat: 62.1%
Pacers: 37.9%
*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Recent Plays

4th 0.0 End of Game 128 - 115
4th 0.0 End of the 4th Quarter 128 - 115
4th 0.1 shot clock turnover 128 - 115
4th 24.1 Kel'el Ware makes free throw 2 of 2 128 - 115
4th 24.1 Kel'el Ware makes free throw 1 of 2 128 - 114

Statistics

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51-96 FG 43-75
53.1 Field Goal % 57.3
17-40 3PT 11-26
42.5 Three Point % 42.3
9-16 FT 18-21
56.3 Free Throw % 85.7
39 Rebounds 39
13 Offensive Rebounds 5
26 Defensive Rebounds 34
35 Assists 34
9 Steals 6
4 Blocks 6
6 Turnovers 14
2 Team Turnovers 2
8 Total Turnovers 16
1 Technical Fouls 0
1 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
9 Points Conceded Off Turnovers 23
19 Fast Break Points 12
58 Points in Paint 56
16 Fouls 13
28 Largest Lead 2

Game Information

Kaseya Center

Location: Miami, FL
Attendance: 19,959 · Capacity:

2024-25 Central Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Cleveland 48 10 .828 - W8
Indiana 33 24 .579 14.5 W1
Milwaukee 33 25 .569 15 W1
Detroit 33 26 .559 15.5 W8
Chicago 23 36 .390 25.5 L1

2024-25 Southeast Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Orlando 29 32 .475 - L2
Miami 27 30 .474 - W1
Atlanta 27 32 .458 1 L1
Charlotte 14 44 .241 13.5 L5
Washington 10 48 .172 17.5 L1
Full Standings

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