⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 3 points better than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their seven, and were outscored 19-8 off them- 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.
Cavaliers
Good plays
- Lead
Zydrunas Ilgauskas made 16 ft Two Point Shot.
Q4 1:12 · CLE 75-73 MIA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Ricky Davis missed Free Throw 1 of 1.
Q4 3:30 · CLE 73-71 MIA
- Turnover
Ricky Davis Lost Ball. Stolen by Travis Best.
Q4 2:27 · CLE 73-71 MIA
- Turnover
Carlos Boozer Bad Pass. Stolen by Mike James.
Q4 0:28 · CLE 75-75 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q3 2:18 · CLE 61-67 MIA
- Ties it
Travis Best made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 0:54 · CLE 75-75 MIA
- Winner
Mike James made Free Throw 1 of 3.
Q4 0:00 · CLE 75-76 MIA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Mike James missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:25 · CLE 75-75 MIA
- Missed FT
Mike James missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 0:25 · CLE 75-75 MIA
- Missed FT
Mike James missed Free Throw 3 of 3.
Q4 0:00 · CLE 75-77 MIA
📊The numbers
| CLE | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 33% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 1 | Threes made | 3 |
| 13% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 3 |
| 12 | Assists | 14 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 8 | Steals | 4 |
| 6 | Blocks | 4 |
