The Pacers are the first team in 12 years to win an NBA Finals game without a player scoring 20 points

The Pacers won Game 1 of the NBA Finals last night. Pascal Siakam was the top scoring Pacer with 19 points.

I was curious how long it had been since that happened so I looked back. MY guess was going to be one of the 2013-2014 Spurs series and I was right.....sort of.

The last time a team won an NBA Finals game without a player scoring 20 points was the **2013 Miami Heat**. Mario Chalmers led the way with 19 points as the [Heat evened the series 1-1](https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/201306090MIA.html).

Notable close calls:

- The 2014 Spurs won 3 games without anyone scoring more than 22.

- The 73-9 2016 Warriors were led by Shaun Livingston off the bench with 20 in a Game 1 win.