MIAMI — The stat sheet from Game 4 of the Eastern Conference finals told quite a story. It said Miami never trailed, that Indiana’s All-Star center failed to contribute a single point, that the night’s two leading scorers were wearing Heat uniforms and that the Pacers committed twice as many turnovers as they forced.

Paul George apparently saw something else.

“We outplayed them,” the Indiana star said, adding, “They won this game at the free-throw line.”

With that, the storyline surrounding this series went from revolving around something an Indiana player said to, well, revolving around something else an Indiana player said. Almost overlooked amid all the dramatics: For Miami, what would be a historic fourth consecutive trip to the NBA Finals is now just one win away.

LeBron James had 32 points and 10 rebounds, Chris Bosh added 25 points — nearly matching his output from the first three games of the series combined — and the Heat grabbed total control of the East title series by topping the Indiana Pacers 102-90 Monday night. The Heat lead the series 3-1.

“I’m motivated enough to try to get back to the Finals,” James said. “That’s motivating enough.”

George scored 23 points and David West finished with 20 points and 12 rebounds for Indiana, which has dropped the last three games in the series. Other than those two stat lines, it was a largely forgettable night on the floor for the Pacers.

—Lance Stephenson, who acknowledged that he was trying to get inside James’ head before Game 4 and said the four-time NBA MVP was showing a sign of “weakness” by engaging with him during games, was scoreless until the third quarter.

—Roy Hibbert went scoreless, the first time in 36 appearances against Miami that he’s failed to get a point, that donut coming after he averaged 18.3 points per game against the Heat in his last 15 matchups dating to last season.

—Pacers coach Frank Vogel got a technical foul in the third quarter, plus appeared to move toward Shane Battier as the Miami veteran took a 3-pointer from near the Indiana bench in the first quarter.

“We got outplayed by the Heat,” Vogel said.

George arrived in the interview area and blamed the officiating for the Indiana loss. Miami was 30 of 34 from the line; Indiana was 11 of 17, something that got George to use words like “demoralizing” and “lopsided.”