⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
+3Q121-14
-1Q225-22
+1Q325-22
-4Q418-21
▼ MIA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 4 points worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 27 free throws to their seventeen
Key battles
1Blocks5
11%Three-point accuracy20%
27Points off turnovers15
9Steals5
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Spurs
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run from level to 10 points up
Q1 11:30 · SA 10-0 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Anthony Carter Technical Foul
Q3 1:23 · SA 64-56 MIA
📊The numbers
| SA | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 1 | Threes made | 2 |
| 11% | Three-point accuracy | 20% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 13 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 27 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 9 | Steals | 5 |
| 1 | Blocks | 5 |
