⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 28 free throws to their seventeen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 5
Q2 5:16 · MEM 38-43 MIA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 7 down to 2 up
Q3 10:26 · MEM 51-49 MIA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 3
Q4 8:55 · MEM 72-75 MIA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jason Williams missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 3:04 · MEM 79-83 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 18
Q2 9:11 · MEM 23-41 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q3 7:50 · MEM 51-57 MIA
Bad plays
- Technical
Technical Foul
Q1 7:50 · MEM 4-7 MIA
- Missed FT
Rod Strickland missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:31 · MEM 80-87 MIA
- Missed FT
Eddie Jones missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:09 · MEM 88-92 MIA
📊The numbers
| MEM | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 7 | Threes made | 4 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 59 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 16 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 8 | Steals | 8 |
| 3 | Blocks | 9 |
