⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their sixteen, and outscored them 20-10 off them- A 12-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 20 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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 20
Q3 3:51 · BOS 77-57 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 19-point lead to 27
Q4 7:54 · BOS 90-63 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Eddie Jones missed Technical Free Throw.
Q3 8:40 · BOS 59-43 MIA
📊The numbers
| BOS | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 37% |
| 5 | Threes made | 5 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 28 | Assists | 14 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 9 | Steals | 4 |
| 9 | Blocks | 2 |
