⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bucks got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ MIL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 4 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bucks won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 31 free throws to their 21- Gave up second chances, thirteen offensive rebounds to their three
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Bucks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
24 second
Q4 1:53 · MIA 85-92 MIL
- Turnover
Anthony Mason Bad Pass
Q4 0:28 · MIA 89-97 MIL
- Missed FT
Gary Payton missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:09 · MIA 91-99 MIL
📊The numbers
| MIA | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 0 | Threes made | 5 |
| 0% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 3 |
| 19 | Assists | 15 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 7 | Steals | 5 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |
