Goran Dragic scored 24 points (15 on 5 3-pointers), and the Miami Heat beat the Indiana Pacers 124-115 for a 3-0 lead in the first-round series.
The Heat took control with a 26-13 run in the second quarter and led by as many as 20.
The Pacers got within 114-112 on Malcolm Brogdon’s 3-pointer with 2:21 to play, but Bam Adebayo answered with 2 free throws, and the Pacers got no closer.
Jimmy Butler III’s 2 free throws with 36.7 seconds left made it 118-112 and put it away.
During clutch time, the Heat outscored the Pacers 7-6. Adebayo scored 5 of the Heat’s 7 on 1 for 1 shooting and 3 for 4 at the line. In the fourth quarter, Dragic had 2 of his 3 steals, 1 of them during an 8-0 Heat run, and the Heat scored 3 points off them.
Butler had 27 points (17 at the free-throw line), 8 rebounds and 3 steals but shot 5 for 16. Adebayo added 22 points and 11 rebounds, and Tyler Herro scored 20 points off the bench. The Heat had 4 20-point scorers.
For the Pacers, Brogdon had 34 points and 14 assists, and T.J. Warren added 23 points and 5 steals. Victor Oladipo scored 20 points. The Pacers had 3 20-point scorers.
The Heat went 43 for 52 at the line to the Pacers’ 21 for 28. The Pacers outscored the Heat 22-7 on the fast break. The Heat did not make a field goal in the last 3:15. The Pacers were outscored 21-9 in 5 minutes with Oladipo, Warren, Turner, Brogdon and Holiday on the floor together. Oladipo fouled out.