⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, seven of thirteen from three- A 13-0 run took them from 7 down to 6 up in the fourth quarter
- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their ten, and were outscored 28-15 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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 1 down to 11 up
Q1 9:03 · MIA 18-7 HOU
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 7 down to 6 up
Q4 6:43 · MIA 96-90 HOU
- Go-ahead
Eddie House made 24 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Rod Strickland.
OT 2:33 · MIA 107-106 HOU
Bad plays
- Turnover
Brian Grant Bad Pass. Stolen by Steve Francis.
Q4 1:09 · MIA 98-96 HOU
- Missed FT
Vladimir Stepania missed Free Throw 1 of 1.
OT 3:10 · MIA 104-106 HOU
- Turnover
24 second
2OT 4:20 · MIA 109-109 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q4 2:06 · MIA 98-100 HOU
- Lead
Steve Francis made 16 ft Jumper.
Q4 0:28 · MIA 98-100 HOU
- Go-ahead
Steve Francis made 25 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Eddie Griffin.
OT 2:03 · MIA 107-109 HOU
Bad plays
- Turnover
24 second
OT 2:46 · MIA 104-106 HOU
- Turnover
Cuttino Mobley Bad Pass. Stolen by Eddie House.
2OT 4:09 · MIA 109-109 HOU
- Turnover
Terence Morris Bad Pass. Stolen by Rod Strickland.
2OT 2:28 · MIA 113-113 HOU
📊The numbers
| MIA | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 7 | Threes made | 5 |
| 54% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 29 | Assists | 12 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 28 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 6 | Steals | 11 |
| 3 | Blocks | 3 |
