MIAMI _ The "Vice Nights" uniforms and court design weren't the only reminders Friday night of what Miami Heat basketball used to be like at since-razed Miami Arena.
So was the physicality. The constant whistles. The collisions that left a player for each team retreating to the locker room.
It was as if ghosts of Alonzo Mourning, P.J. Brown and Bruce Bowen past accompanied the color scheme.
Ultimately, the Heat's third grind game in as many outings this week turned into a 110-102 loss to the Indiana Pacers to open a set of back-to-back "Vice Nights" games that concludes Saturday against the visiting Washington Wizards.
Successive 3-pointers from Josh Richardson and Wayne Ellington followed by a pair of Justise Winslow baskets staked the Heat to a 98-92 lead with just over four minutes to play.
But even with that as part of an 11-2 Heat run, the lead was gone when Pacers forward Bojan Bogdanovic converted a 3-pointer for a 103-102 Indiana lead with 56.5 seconds to play. A Victor Oladipo jumper followed with 32.1 seconds left to extend Indiana's lead to 105-102.
Richardson then committed a turnover, putting Indiana back in possession with 21.4 seconds to play, effectively ending it.
Kelly Olynyk scored 20 for the Heat, with Richardson adding 18, Tyler Johnson 15, Winslow 11, Rodney McGruder 11 and Hassan Whiteside with a 11-point, 20-rebound double-double.
With his performance, Whiteside joined Rony Seikaly as the only Heat players with consecutive 20-rebound games.
The Heat could have made it far easier on themselves if not for 24 turnovers and 16-for-27 foul shooting.
