MIAMI (AP) — Davion Mitchell’s 3-pointer broke a tie with 43.8 seconds left, Tyler Herro scored 29 factors and the Miami Warmth topped the Indiana Pacers 125-120 on Friday evening.
Duncan Robinson scored 20 for Miami, which shot 57% — and has shot 58% in its final two video games, tying the seventh-best two-game span in crew historical past. Bam Adebayo scored 18 for Miami.
Pascal Siakam scored 36 for Indiana, whereas Myles Turner added 22 and Tyrese Haliburton had 19 factors and 10 assists. The Pacers made 12 of their first 15 3-pointers, then went 9 for twenty-four from deep the remainder of the best way.
Takeaways
Pacers: Indiana led by as many as 28 in a simple win at Miami on Jan. 2, and Pacers coach Rick Carlisle knew Friday could be totally different. “They’ve bought a historical past of doing issues exhausting right here and embracing exhausting occasions and problem. … This recreation will probably be nothing like our final recreation right here. I can promise anyone that,” Carlisle mentioned.
Warmth: Andrew Wiggins missed the sport with a sprained proper ankle, and Jaime Jaquez Jr. — who began in Wiggins’ place — left with 10:34 remaining within the third quarter after happening whereas dealing with the ball close to midcourt. Jaquez was holding his knee, however the Warmth mentioned he turned his proper ankle.
Key second
The Warmth went on a 13-0 run spanning practically 4 minutes, the ultimate 1:03 of the third quarter and the primary 2:54 of the fourth, to show a one-point deficit right into a 104-92 lead.
Key stat
Indiana led 69-68 on the half. In 37 years of Warmth basketball, together with playoffs, this was solely the fifth recreation the place each groups had at the very least 68 factors by intermission.
Up subsequent
Indiana goes residence to face Chicago on Sunday. Miami hosts New York on Sunday.
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