Miami Heat 118, Indiana Pacers 135 — Recap

March 29, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Miami Heat 118, Indiana Pacers 135. Scoring by quarter: Q1 MIA 36-34 IND; Q2 MIA 39-45 IND; Q3 MIA 32-29 IND; Q4 MIA 11-27 IND.

Top performers (box score): Tyler Herro (MIA) 31 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists, 5 threes on 12-of-22 shooting; Pascal Siakam (IND) 30 points, 11 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 threes on 11-of-24 shooting; Micah Potter (IND) 21 points, 5 rebounds, 0 assists, 5 threes on 7-of-9 shooting; Kobe Brown (IND) 18 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 threes on 7-of-11 shooting; Jaime Jaquez Jr. (MIA) 17 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 threes on 7-of-17 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · MIA

Tyler Herro

31 PTS, 3 REB, 4 AST, 5 3PM · 12-22 FG

Scoring · IND

Pascal Siakam

30 PTS, 11 REB, 6 AST, 3 3PM · 11-24 FG

Scoring · IND

Micah Potter

21 PTS, 5 REB, 0 AST, 5 3PM · 7-9 FG

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

📊 Game Flow

MIA 8 largest lead Q1 7:20 (MIA 13, IND 5) · 7-0 run, Q3 11:17–Q3 8:57

IND 17 largest lead Q4 0:22 (MIA 118, IND 135) · 7-0 run, Q4 5:08–Q4 3:00

Swings 16 lead changes Tied 10 times

Ahead for good: Ben Sheppard makes 22-foot three point jumper (Pascal Siakam assists) (Q4 8:48, MIA 111, IND 113).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
MIA	36	39	32	11		118
IND	34	45	29	27		135

🧮 How They Scored

MIAIND

62Points in the paint54

10Fast-break points12

13Second-chance points5

21Points off turnovers7

30Bench points77

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

53.0%Effective FG%67.4%

6.1%Turnover %10.1%

20.4%Offensive rebound %8.6%

0.182Free-throw rate0.141

Box Score

Miami Heat

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Andrew Wiggins F-G	38	15	6	5	2	2	1	5-14	3-6	2-2	-13
Tyler Herro G	36	31	3	4	0	0	0	12-22	5-13	2-2	-11
Pelle Larsson G	36	15	5	3	0	0	1	7-11	0-1	1-3	-6
Davion Mitchell G	35	12	3	8	2	0	1	5-7	1-2	1-2	-9
Bam Adebayo C-F	33	15	12	3	0	1	1	6-16	0-3	3-4	-9
Jaime Jaquez Jr. G	26	17	8	2	0	0	1	7-17	2-5	1-1	-10
Kel'el Ware C	15	5	3	2	1	0	0	2-5	1-3	0-0	-8
Kasparas Jakučionis G	13	5	0	1	0	0	1	1-2	1-2	2-2	-8
Simone Fontecchio F	7	1	1	1	0	0	0	0-4	0-2	1-2	-4
Myron Gardner F	1	2	1	0	0	1	1	1-1	0-0	0-0	-7

Indiana Pacers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Andrew Nembhard G-F	36	15	3	10	0	0	2	6-12	2-6	1-1	+11
Kobe Brown F	34	18	4	5	1	1	0	7-11	3-6	1-1	+23
Pascal Siakam F	31	30	11	6	1	0	4	11-24	3-8	5-7	+12
Ben Sheppard G	23	5	2	1	1	0	0	2-4	1-2	0-0	+22
Micah Potter F	21	21	5	0	0	0	2	7-9	5-6	2-2	-4
Quenton Jackson G	20	10	3	1	0	0	2	5-6	0-0	0-0	-10
T.J. McConnell G	18	15	2	9	0	1	1	6-8	2-3	1-1	+15
Jay Huff F-C	16	6	5	0	0	2	0	3-5	0-2	0-0	+17
Jalen Slawson F	16	0	4	1	0	0	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	-5
Obi Toppin F	15	12	2	3	0	0	0	5-8	1-3	1-1	+10
Ethan Thompson G	10	3	1	0	0	1	0	1-3	1-2	0-0	-6

🔬 Advanced Stats

Miami HeatTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Tyler Herro	Starter	36	31	67.7	27.7	-14.1	13.2
Bam Adebayo	Starter	33	15	42.2	25.3	-10.9	10.5
Andrew Wiggins	Starter	38	15	50.4	18.2	-13.0	7.2
Pelle Larsson	Starter	36	15	60.9	15.1	-6.3	8.4
Davion Mitchell	Starter	35	12	76.1	10.8	-13.3	8.9
Jaime Jaquez Jr.	Bench	26	17	48.7	28.1	-13.0	8.4
Kel'el Ware	Bench	15	5	50.0	12.5	-24.2	7.8
Kasparas Jakučionis	Bench	13	5	86.8	12.5	-24.6	6.1
Myron Gardner	Bench	01	2	100.0	40.0	-175.0	10.5
Simone Fontecchio	Bench	07	1	10.2	26.3	-25.0	-9.9
Norman Powell	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Dru Smith	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Nikola Jovic	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Keshad Johnson	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Indiana PacersTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Pascal Siakam	Starter	31	30	55.4	41.3	+15.7	17.6
Andrew Nembhard	Starter	36	15	60.3	16.9	+14.1	9.4
Quenton Jackson	Starter	20	10	83.3	16.7	-25.3	10.4
Ethan Thompson	Starter	10	3	50.0	12.5	-36.0	1.2
Micah Potter	Bench	21	21	106.3	24.5	-8.5	14.4
Kobe Brown	Bench	34	18	78.7	14.5	+31.9	10.8
T.J. McConnell	Bench	18	15	88.9	22.0	+34.6	20.3
Obi Toppin	Bench	15	12	71.1	25.0	+36.4	12.5
Jay Huff	Bench	16	6	60.0	13.5	+50.0	13.0
Ben Sheppard	Bench	23	5	62.5	7.4	+39.4	4.8
Kam Jones	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Taelon Peter	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0