Schedule and 2004 Results
Regular Season Records: Indiana 61-21, Miami 42-40
Game 1 on Thursday, 06 May: Miami loses at Indiana, 94-pts-81
Game 2 on Saturday, 08 May: Miami loses at Indiana, 91-pts-80
Game 3 on Monday, 10 May: Indiana loses at Miami, 94-pts-87
Game 4 on Wednesday, 12 May: Indiana loses at Miami, 100-pts-88
Game 5 on Saturday, 15 May: Miami loses at Indiana, 94-pts-83
Game 6 on Tuesday, 18 May: Indiana wins at Miami, 73-pts-70

SERIES NOTES:

After Game 6: For the first (and last) time in best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 929, the road team won a game as the Indiana Pacers visited and defeated the Miami Heat 73-pts-70 in series 929 Game 6. Indiana thus wins series 929, 4-games-2. Indiana's overall best-of-7 NBA playoff series record is improved to 8-6. Indiana's best-of-7 NBA Quarterfinals series record is improved to 6-0. With the series 929 loss, the Miami Heat now have best-of-7 NBA playoff series records of 2-3 (overall) and 1-2 (Quarterfinals). The win order in series 929 was WWLLWW. Series 929 thus becomes the tenth best-of-7 NBA Quarterfinals series, the 20th best-of-7 NBA series (all rounds), and the 53rd best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to produce a WWLLWW win order.

After Game 5: With best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 929 once again in Indiana, the host Pacers defeated the Miami Heat 94-pts-83 in Game 5 to take a 3-games-2 series 929 lead. Thus far, the home team has won every game in this series. When leading a best-of-7 NBA playoff series 3-games-2, the Indiana Pacers have a 4-1 overall series record and a 3-2 Game 6 record; when trailing 3-games-2, the Miami Heat have a 1-0 overall series record and a 1-0 Game 6 record (courtesy of series 739, a 1997 NBA Quarterfinals series vs. the New York Knickerbockers).

After Game 4: Becoming the first of either best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL series 929 team to reach the century mark in one game, the host Miami Heat defeated the Indiana Pacers 100-pts-88 to knot series 929 at 2-games-all. When tied 2-games-all in a best-of-7 NBA playoff series, the Indiana Pacers have a 1-4 series record (with the victory occurring in their latest such series) and a 2-3 Game 5 record, while the Miami Heat have a 1-1 series record and a 2-0 Game 5 record. With the Miami win in series 929 Game 4, the 2004 NBA Quarterfinals become the first set of best-of-7 NBA Quarterfinals series in which as many as three series show a win/site order of WWLL @ HHVV.

After Game 3: With best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 929 in Florida for Game 3, the Miami Heat took advantage of its home court, defeating the Indiana Pacers 94-pts-87 to reduce Indiana's series 929 lead to 2-games-1. When leading an NBA best-of-7 playoff series 2-games-1, the Indiana Pacers have a perfect 4-0 series record (all rounds) and a 3-1 Game 4 record. When trailing an NBA best-of-7 playoff series 2-games-1, the Miami Heat have a perfect 1-0 series record (all rounds) and a 0-1 Game 4 record (from series 739, a 1997 NBA Quarterfinals series vs. the New York Knickerbockers). After series 929 Game 3, three of the four 2004 NBA Quarterfinals series have a win/site order of WWL @ HHV.

After Game 2: In best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 929 Game 2, the Indiana Pacers once again defeated the Miami Heat, this time by a 91-pts-80 score. Indiana thus takes a 2-games-nil series 929 lead. When leading an NBA best-of-7 playoff series 2-games-nil, the Indiana Pacers have a 5-0 series record (all rounds) and a 3-2 Game 3 record. When trailing an NBA best-of-7 playoff series 2-games-nil, the Miami Heat have a 0-1 series record and a 0-1 Game 3 record (courtesy of the Chicago Bulls in series 742 - in a 1997 NBA Semifinals series).

After Game 1: The Indiana Pacers hosted and defeated the Miami Heat 94-pts-81 in best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 929 Game 1, thereby taking a 1-game-nil lead in series 929. When leading an NBA best-of-7 playoff series 1-game-nil, the Indiana Pacers have a 7-0 series record (all rounds) and a Game 2 record of 5-2 (with an active five-Game 2 winning streak). When trailing an NBA best-of-7 playoff series 1-game-nil, the Miami Heat have a 1-1 series record (all rounds) and a Game 2 record of 1-1. Lucky 13? From 1947 through the 2004 NBA Preliminary round, when an NBA team wins Game 1 of a best-of-7 playoff series by thirteen points (as Indiana has in series 929), its series record is a perfect 11-0.

Pre-series assessment: In the 2003-04 regular season, Indiana finished 19 games ahead of Miami. From 1947 through 2003, when NBA teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by 19 regular-season games, they have posted a 4-0 (1.000) best-of-7 series record in those series against those opponents. MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 series 929 is the fifth best-of-7 playoff series for Miami, and the 14th for Indiana. In best-of-7 NBA playoff series, Miami has a 2-2 series record, a 1-1 Quarterfinals-round series record, and a 2-2 Game 1 record, while Indiana has a 7-6 series record, a 5-0 Quarterfinals-round record, and a 7-6 Game 1 record. Series 929 is the first best-of-7 meeting between Miami and Indiana.