⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat fell 9 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
+9Q131-25
-5Q214-21
+1Q320-19
-10Q418-29
▼ MIA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 48 rebounds to 32- Kept giving it away, sixteen turnovers to their ten
Key battles
14Steals3
10Offensive rebounds16
10Turnovers16
2Threes made4
📊The numbers
| MEM | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 2 | Threes made | 4 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 24 | Assists | 25 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 0 | Fast break points | 0 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 14 | Steals | 3 |
| 6 | Blocks | 8 |
