⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Made ten threes to their four- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their 22, and outscored them 31-7 off them
- A 13-0 run stretched a 18-point lead to 31 in the third quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Celtics
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 18
Q2 3:47 · BOS 46-28 MIA
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 18-point lead to 31
Q3 4:03 · BOS 73-42 MIA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 27-point lead to 36
Q4 6:54 · BOS 88-52 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 23-point deficit to 15
Q3 8:41 · BOS 55-40 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 36% |
| 10 | Threes made | 4 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 24% |
| 8 | Free throws made | 4 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 26 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 31 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 22 |
| 12 | Steals | 5 |
| 4 | Blocks | 2 |
