⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Jazz got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ UTAH better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Jazz.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Jazz won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
A 14-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 19 in the first quarter- Gave up second chances, twenty offensive rebounds to their thirteen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Jazz
Good plays
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 19
Q1 4:01 · UTAH 31-12 MIA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Andrei Kirilenko missed Technical Free Throw.
Q2 9:07 · UTAH 31-14 MIA
- Technical
Matt Harpring Technical Foul
Q4 3:44 · UTAH 86-70 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 10
Q2 0:31 · UTAH 51-41 MIA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 3
Q3 9:47 · UTAH 56-53 MIA
Bad plays
- Technical
Alonzo Mourning Technical Foul
Q2 9:07 · UTAH 31-14 MIA
📊The numbers
| UTAH | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 4 | Threes made | 0 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 0% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 20 |
| 21 | Assists | 13 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 11 | Steals | 11 |
| 10 | Blocks | 3 |
