The Indiana Pacers defeated the Miami Heat, 109-92, in an NBA seeding game finale for both clubs in Orlando on Friday afternoon.

The Heat (44-29) and Pacers (45-28) went through the rather unusual exercise of facing off just a few days before the start of their first-round playoff series, and as expected, neither club sported their usual starting five due to a combination of injuries and not wanting to showcase much to the other. Indiana set a dominant tone early with a 28-13 lead through the first 12 minutes, and they still owned a 14-point edge at the half. Both teams almost matched each other bucket for bucket in the second half as well while each coach went deep into this bench, leading to the 17-point victory for the Pacers. Coach Nate McMillan's squad was impressive on both ends of the floor, shooting 48.9 percent while limiting Miami to a 34.9 percent figure.

Kendrick Nunn led the Heat with 23 points, adding four assists, two rebounds, three steals and one block. Solomon Hill followed with 21 points that he complemented with seven boards, three assists and one steal. Tyler Herro poured in 16 points. Meyers Leonard and Udonis Haslem saw some rare playing time while manning power forward for the day, with Leonard posting nine points and seven rebounds and Haslem furnishing seven points and eight boards.

Doug McDermott led the Pacers with 23 points, a figure he supplemented with four rebounds and one steal. Malcolm Brogdon supplied 16 points, six rebounds and six assists. Alize Johnson, Justin Holiday and Aaron Holiday all turned in matching 11-point tallies, with Johnson adding 17 rebounds and Justin Holiday pulling down seven boards. JaKarr Sampson collected 10 points, four rebounds, two assists and two steals.

The two teams are now off until Tuesday afternoon, when they'll meet for Game 1 of an Eastern Conference quarterfinal-round series.