INDIANAPOLIS – The Miami Heat weren’t looking for anything ostentatious Sunday, seeking nothing more than closing their six-game trip at .500 and evening their overall record at .500.

Ultimately, even that degree of modesty proved out of reach Sunday night at Gainbridge Fieldhouse, falling 119-110 to the Indiana Pacers in the teams’ rematch of the Heat’s Friday victory.

So a 2-4 trip and a 5-7 record a dozen games in, with a schedule that hardly eases, with the Philadelphia 76ers, Dallas Mavericks and Milwaukee Bucks up next.

Like those three opponents, the Heat continue to struggle to gain their footing through the season’s opening weeks, unable to sustain.

With Jimmy Butler missing his fourth consecutive game with the ankle sprain sustained during the trip’s fourth stop, the Heat’s offense lacked efficiency and cohesion, again struggling on point-blank shots at the rim.

The Heat got 28 points from Tyler Herro, 24 from Bam Adebayo and 20 from Duncan Robinson, but it wasn’t enough on a night the Pacers got 34 from center Myles Turner.

Five Degrees of Heat from Sunday night’s game:

— Closing time: The Pacers led 28-20 after the first quarter, with the Heat then closing within 52-49 at halftime, after closing the second period with a 7-0 run.

From there, the Pacers utilized a 14-2 run early in the third period to move to a 16-point lead, before going into the fourth quarter up 85-75.

With Herro converting a pair of 3-pointers early in the fourth quarter, the Heat moved within 89-85 early in the period and then tied it 97-97 with 5:15 to play on a Robinson 3-pointer.

From there, back-to-back 3-pointers by Tyrese Haliburton then put Indiana up 103-97.

The second of consecutive Herro 3-pointers got the Heat within 112-107 with 1:41 to play, only to see Haliburton counter with his fifth 3-pointer of the night, effectively ending it.

— Solid again: Adebayo appears to have found his offensive footing after his uneven start to the season.

After scoring more than 20 points just once in the Heat’s first nine games, he ended the trip with 20 points against the Pistons, 30 against the Pacers on Friday night, and then Sunday’s performance.

Sunday’s performance also included a pair of 3-pointers for Adebayo, who entered 7-of-26 from beyond the arc.

— Another one down: Already without Butler, the Heat lost Jaime Jaquez Jr. in the third period, when he headed to the locker room after misstepping on the foot of Pacers point guard T.J. McConnell and turning his right ankle.

That ended Jaquez’s night after 15:26 of action, closing with two points on 1-of-6 shooting, with four assists and three rebounds.

Jaquez has been particularly important for the Heat when Butler has been off the court. He was in his fourth game back after missing three due to gastroenteritis.

— Rotation alteration: After five games of getting rotation minutes, particularly early in games, first-round pick Kel’el Ware was out of the Heat mix on Sunday night.

Instead, Nikola Jovic, again in a protective mask to protect the broken nose sustained Tuesday in Detroit, took most of the minutes in the power mix in the reserve rotation.

Ware had gone scoreless in his four minutes, all in the first half, in Friday night’s victory over the Pacers.

— Up next: The game opened the first of the Heat’s 15 back-to-back sets this season, with a Monday home game against the Philadelphia 76ers, the Heat’s first game since Nov. 5 at Kaseya Center, where they stand 1-3 this season.

While the Heat had to travel back to on Sunday night, the 76ers have been in South Florida since Friday night’s 98-86 loss to the Orlando Magic, practicing Sunday at the Kaseya Center.

The game will be the Heat’s first this season in their new Blood Red “Culture” uniforms, to be played on their City Edition court.

The 76ers are listing center Joel Embiid as questionable, due to illness. Philadelphia already is without guard Tyrese Maxey, due to a hamstring strain.

This is the teams’ first meeting since the 76ers defeated the Heat in the opening game of last season’s play-in round, the game Butler suffered the knee injury that had him out the balance of the postseason.

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