⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
+1Q122-23
-5Q216-22
-3Q317-20
+1Q413-11
▼ MIA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 5 points worse than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their seventeen, and outscored them 19-9 off them- Could not get to the line, sixteen free throws to their 32
- Lost the glass, 39 rebounds to 49
Key battles
2Threes made7
9Points off turnovers19
3Steals8
22Free throws made11
📊The numbers
| POR | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 32% | Shooting from the field | 37% |
| 2 | Threes made | 7 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 63 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 13 | Assists | 15 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 0 | Fast break points | 0 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 3 | Steals | 8 |
| 3 | Blocks | 2 |
