⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 11
Q4 6:43 · MIA 67-78 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q3 7:41 · MIA 45-55 MIN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 19
Q4 10:49 · MIA 59-78 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 34% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 7 | Threes made | 5 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 45% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 15 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 6 | Steals | 1 |
| 4 | Blocks | 7 |
