MIAMI — As he figures out the best way to make it work in his new home, Giannis Antetokounmpo said a significant first step was acknowledging that there is something to be said about being polar opposites, recognizing that opposites don’t attract.

So he put his magnetic personality into play.

The pairing between himself and Bam Adebayo initially clunky as the Heat got off to an 0-4 start, Antetokounmpo said a factor in the two victories that have followed has been each getting their own space.

“I’ve got to mix it up,” Antetokounmpo said in the wake of closing with a triple-double in Friday night’s 145-125 victory over the Indiana Pacers at Kaseya Center. “Obviously, I’ve got to keep creating space for Bam. We’ve got to be like, you know how the magnets are? They stick together, but if you flip them, they kind of go away from one another.

“That’s how me and Bam got to be out there. When he’s on the top, I’ve got to work the baseline.  When I’m on the top, he’s got to work the baseline. We’ve just got to keep on being away from one another, away from one another’s space and vicinity.”

It could not have worked much better against the Pacers, with Antetokounmpo closing with 27 points, 17 rebounds and 10 assists, and with Adebayo finishing with a season-high 27 points and nine rebounds.

Antetokounmpo said if he sees Adebayo with a one-on-one advantage, then it’s time to feast on leftovers.

“If a shot goes up,” he said, “I have the opportunity to rebound the ball. Then I’m going to go fight for it.

“But there’s times I’m good with the ball, too. It’s not like I cannot create.”

The triple-double was the 58th of Antetokounmpo’s career and second with the Heat. That makes him one of only seven players in the franchise’s 39 seasons with multiple triple-doubles, joining Jimmy Butler (13), LeBron James (9), Adebayo (8), Dwyane Wade (5), Hassan Whiteside (4) and Kyle Lowry (3).

Friday night’s performance also marked Antetokounmpo’s fourth double-double in the Heat’s six games, averaging 28 points and 16.3 rebounds over the last three games.

“I’m willing to do whatever it takes to win,” Antetokounmpo said, with the Heat next turning their attention to the five-game western swing that opens Monday night against the Los Angeles Lakers at Crypto.com Center. “If sometimes it’s me setting screens and being in the dunker’s  spot or rebounding the ball, I’m going to do it.”

Of Antetokounmpo’s magnetic take, Adebayo said he appreciates being given his space.

“I see what it can be,” he said of the evolving chemistry between the two power players. “So you see the potential.

“For us, it’s got to be, we’ve got to keep staying consistent, keep trying to collect these wins.”

With ample space in the paint to make it work, Adebayo closing with 20 paint points against the Pacers, Antetokounmpo with 24, leading the league in paint scoring.

All, a factor, coach Erik Spoelstra said, of being mindful of proper spacing.

“I can’t emphasize that enough,” Spoelstra said. They can’t hear it enough. Our principles and the spacing, no matter what we do, we have to be super mindful and disciplined to it.”

Klay time

The awaited Klay Thompson breakout game arrived Friday night, with Thompson closing with a season-high 25 points on 9-of-14 shooting that included 7-of-12 3-point accuracy.

“I’m feeling really comfortable, and it’s something I can definitely build on and take with me,” the 36-year-old veteran said. I didn’t force any bad looks, really. I might have taken more than two heat checks, but they all felt good, and I felt like my legs were underneath me.

“It was truly a special night for me just to lift a lid off the rim and give me confidence to keep going.”

Starting sizzle

With his 15 points and 11 assists against the Pacers, Davion Mitchell became just the second player in the Heat’s 39 seasons with at least 10 assists in four of the season’s first six games, something Tim Hardaway did at the start of 1997-98.

No Heat player has had five double-digit assist games in the team’s first seven games, with that seventh game for the Heat coming on Monday night against the Lakers.