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Hassan Whiteside rose up, and the Indiana Pacers dove down, literally.
Finishing the night with 22 points and 17 rebounds, Whiteside set the tone for a red-hot Heat team that has now won 16 of its last 18 contests.
Indiana managed to hang around for much of the first half, going into halftime with a 54-53 lead. Losing Paul George after two technicals with just over eight minutes remaining in the third certainly didn’t help, but on a night in which three Miami players recorded 20 points or more, I’m not sure it would have much mattered.