⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
-5Q110-18
+9Q222-13
-2Q318-22
+2Q415-14
▼ SA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 28 free throws to their ten- Kept giving it away, 27 turnovers to their thirteen, and were outscored 21-6 off them
- Gave up second chances, twenty offensive rebounds to their four
Key battles
20Offensive rebounds4
21Points off turnovers6
8Free throws made22
13Turnovers27
📊The numbers
| MIA | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 28% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 5 | Threes made | 3 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 8 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 20 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 15 | Assists | 9 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 27 |
| 13 | Steals | 6 |
| 4 | Blocks | 8 |
