⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
They went cold, four of 26 from three- Won the glass, 58 rebounds to 30
- Could not get to the line, ten free throws to their 26
- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their eleven
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 6 down to 4 up
Q1 4:00 · MIA 25-21 BOS
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 17
Q4 10:25 · MIA 78-61 BOS
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Malik Allen Flagrant Foul Type 1
Q3 8:29 · MIA 59-47 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 11:45 · MIA 0-8 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 28% |
| 6 | Threes made | 4 |
| 67% | Three-point accuracy | 15% |
| 8 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 65 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 19 | Assists | 8 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 1 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 7 | Steals | 9 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
