⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks fell 8 points behind the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their eighteen, and outscored them 21-8 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Mavericks
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 2 down to 9 up
Q1 10:51 · DAL 11-2 MIA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 11
Q3 2:45 · DAL 74-63 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Rafer Alston Technical Foul
Q4 9:00 · DAL 77-72 MIA
📊The numbers
| DAL | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 9 | Threes made | 7 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 8 |
| 38 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 25 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 8 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 1 |
