⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
-13Q113-23
-9Q214-21
+4Q323-18
-13Q416-27
▼ MIA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 55 rebounds to 38- Ran them off the floor, 14 fast break points to 2
- Kept giving it away, fifteen turnovers to their seven
Key battles
2Fast break points14
1Blocks8
12Assists26
7Turnovers15
📊The numbers
| BOS | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 29% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 4 | Threes made | 4 |
| 24% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 61 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 12 | Assists | 26 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 10 | Steals | 5 |
| 1 | Blocks | 8 |
