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Bam Adebayo scored 30 points and Kevin Love added 15 third-quarter points as the Heat downed the Pacers 124-111 in NBA Cup action Friday night in Indianapolis.<br><br>Love scored 13 straight points early in the third quarter as the Heat opened the second half on a 28-12 run, stretching a six-point halftime lead to 22 before the midway point in the third quarter. [https://www.dictionary.com/browse/Love%20scored Love scored] all 15 of his points in the third quarter, which were 15 of the Heat's first 20 points in the second half.<br><br>The Pacers answered with a 12-0 run to cut the deficit to 10 points with 2:48 remaining in the third, but that was as close as they got for the remainder of the game.<br><br>Obi Toppin scored a team-high 21 points off the bench and Tyrese Haliburton added 18 points and  [https://laserenade.com/sensa69-4/ bokep] eight assists for Indiana, which has lost three of its past four games.<br><br>Tyler Herro scored 20 points on 6-of-16 shooting, while Haywood Highsmith added 14 for Miami, which came into the game having lost four of its previous five.<br><br>The Heat evened their NBA Cup record to 1-1 with the win, while the Pacers fell to 0-1 in Group B of the Eastern Conference. [https://www.blogher.com/?s=Miami%20played Miami played] without Jimmy Butler, who missed his third straight game with an ankle injury he suffered in Nov. 8 in the Heat's win over the Denver Nuggets.<br><br>The Pacers led 29-26 after the first quarter, but trailed 61-55 at halftime as the Heat outscored them by nine points in the second quarter. Haliburton beat the first-half buzzer with a crafty layup, cutting the Pacers' deficit to six points at the break.<br><br>Haliburton led all scorers with 16 points in the first half, shooting 6-of-12 from the field and 4-of-8 from three. Herro led the Heat with 14 points before halftime.<br><br>Miami shot 45-of-87 (51.7 percent) from the field in the game, including 15-of-42 (35.7 percent) from beyond the arc.<br><br>The Pacers shot 14-of-35 (40 percent) from three-point range and finished 44-of-86 (51.2 percent) from the floor. Indiana outrebounded the Heat 39-36 but had 20 turnovers as a team.<br><br>--Field Level Media