⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 41 free throws to their 24- Went cold from three, four of fifteen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Spurs
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q1 9:32 · SA 12-3 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q3 10:55 · SA 50-43 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q2 4:54 · SA 31-35 MIA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Brian Grant Bad Pass. Stolen by Emanuel Ginobili.
Q4 4:18 · SA 72-68 MIA
📊The numbers
| SA | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 34% | Shooting from the field | 35% |
| 4 | Threes made | 4 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 61 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 12 | Assists | 8 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 6 | Steals | 8 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
