The team that won 61 games can't hit a foul shot, can't get consistent offensive play from its leading scorers and can't outrebound a smaller team it dominated in the regular season.

Finally paying for their accumulating sins, the Pacers dropped Game 3 of their best-of-seven playoff series with Miami Monday, 94-87, at AmericanAirlines Arena.

The Pacers followed the lead of Detroit and San Antonio, playing poorly on the road after building a 2-0 lead at home.

A victory would have all but buried the Heat, as no team in NBA playoff history has come back from a 3-0 deficit. But the Pacers lacked the edge, the discipline and the shot-making to earn that luxury.

Instead, they assured themselves of a Game 5 at Conseco Fieldhouse on Saturday.

Miami, which has won 17 consecutive home games, outrebounded the Pacers 43-35 and held them to 39 percent shooting.

Indiana ran off four 3-pointers in the final 1:34 to keep hope alive, but Miami maintained its lead at the foul line.

The Paceers gained their first lead since early in the second period at the foul line. Making 10 of 14 attempts, along with Jermaine O'Neal's baseline layup with 6:20 left, they took two brief one-point leads and forced a tie at 72.

But their horrid shooting caught up with them.

O'Neal led the Pacers with 29 points, but Ron Artest scored just 14 points on 4-of-18 shooting.

Jamaal Tinsley scored 16 points, hitting all four 3-point attempts. Reggie Miller, who scored 19 points in 18 minutes in Game 2, took just one field goal attempt, missed it, and didn't consider another until hitting a fading 3-pointer from the right corner with 24.3 seconds left that made it a four-point game.