⏱️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 higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ TOR better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Raptors did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, fourteen turnovers to their twenty
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 12
Q2 3:41 · MIA 52-40 TOR
Bad plays
- Turnover
Anthony Carter Out of Bounds
Q4 2:18 · MIA 99-92 TOR
- Turnover
Rasual Butler Lost Ball. Stolen by Chris Jefferies.
Q4 1:50 · MIA 99-94 TOR
- Missed FT
Caron Butler missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:06 · MIA 106-98 TOR
Raptors
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 11
Q4 7:43 · MIA 93-82 TOR
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 5
Q4 3:38 · MIA 99-94 TOR
Bad plays
- Turnover
Chris Jefferies Offensive Foul
Q4 1:47 · MIA 99-94 TOR
- Turnover
Chris Jefferies Foul
Q4 1:47 · MIA 99-94 TOR
- Missed FT
Michael Bradley missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:21 · MIA 104-96 TOR
📊The numbers
| MIA | TOR | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 6 | Threes made | 3 |
| 46% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 26 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 8 | Steals | 7 |
| 3 | Blocks | 3 |
