⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Raptors got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ TOR better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Raptors won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, fourteen turnovers to their 23- Won the second chances, sixteen offensive rebounds to nine
- A 13-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 15 in the fourth quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Heat
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q1 4:09 · MIA 27-15 TOR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Raptors
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 15
Q4 10:33 · MIA 62-77 TOR
Bad plays
- Technical
Kendall Gill Double Technical Foul. Vince Carter gains possession.
Q1 6:11 · MIA 17-12 TOR
- Flagrant
Chris Childs Flagrant Foul Type 1
Q1 2:32 · MIA 23-15 TOR
- Flagrant
Vladimir Stepania Flagrant Foul Type 1
Q2 1:05 · MIA 46-38 TOR
📊The numbers
| MIA | TOR | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 4 | Threes made | 3 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 14 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 23 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 6 | Steals | 11 |
| 5 | Blocks | 1 |
