⏱️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 second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
-1Q121-20
+10Q227-21
+6Q318-18
+4Q422-19
▼ SAC better than we expected
The second 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 Kings did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their fifteen- Could not get to the line, fifteen free throws to their 29
Key battles
1Fast break points7
29%Three-point accuracy14%
5Threes made2
4Blocks8
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Heat
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 13
Q4 8:55 · MIA 78-65 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Kings
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 36% |
| 5 | Threes made | 2 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 14% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 21 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 1 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 5 | Steals | 4 |
| 4 | Blocks | 8 |
