⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their 21, and outscored them 22-10 off them
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Jim Jackson Bad Pass. Stolen by Erick Strickland.
Q4 0:03 · MIA 82-87 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Rodney Rogers missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 2:48 · MIA 73-76 BOS
- Missed FT
Rodney Rogers missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 2:48 · MIA 73-76 BOS
- Missed FT
Paul Pierce missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 0:09 · MIA 82-87 BOS
📊The numbers
| MIA | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 6 | Threes made | 8 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 17 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 21 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 3 | Steals | 10 |
| 6 | Blocks | 3 |
