⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 26 free throws to their nine- Looked after the ball, eighteen turnovers to their 24, and outscored them 29-20 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Spurs
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 26-point deficit to 15
Q4 3:32 · SA 81-66 MIA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Eddie House missed Technical Free Throw.
Q4 0:59 · SA 81-66 MIA
📊The numbers
| SA | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 4 | Threes made | 3 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 18% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 6 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 19 | Assists | 16 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 29 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 24 |
| 16 | Steals | 7 |
| 7 | Blocks | 7 |
