⏱️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 higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
-6Q124-28
+4Q232-24
+7Q326-18
-1Q421-25
▼ CLE better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Made ten threes to their four- Lived at the line, 35 free throws to their 24
- Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their nineteen
Key battles
10Threes made4
6Blocks3
12Turnovers19
31Free throws made21
📊The numbers
| MIA | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 10 | Threes made | 4 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 31 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 36 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 15 | Assists | 16 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 0 | Fast break points | 0 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 8 | Steals | 8 |
| 6 | Blocks | 3 |
