⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 18 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, fourteen turnovers to their 21, and outscored them 24-11 off them- A 13-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 21 in the third quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Lakers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 8:30 · LAL 14-8 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q3 9:44 · LAL 63-54 MIA
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 21
Q3 5:22 · LAL 80-59 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Caron Butler missed Technical Free Throw.
Q1 3:14 · LAL 23-15 MIA
📊The numbers
| LAL | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 6 | Threes made | 3 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 25 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 21 |
| 11 | Steals | 9 |
| 3 | Blocks | 1 |
