⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Could not get to the line, seventeen free throws to their 30
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Lamar Odom missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 3:21 · MIA 86-79 CLE
- Turnover
Lamar Odom Bad Pass. Stolen by Ricky Davis.
Q4 2:51 · MIA 86-81 CLE
- Turnover
Udonis Haslem Lost Ball. Stolen by Ricky Davis.
Q4 0:56 · MIA 86-83 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Ricky Davis Lost Ball. Stolen by Brian Grant.
Q4 2:47 · MIA 86-81 CLE
- Turnover
LeBron James Offensive Foul
Q4 2:08 · MIA 86-81 CLE
- Turnover
LeBron James Foul
Q4 2:08 · MIA 86-81 CLE
📊The numbers
| MIA | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 5 | Threes made | 2 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 21 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 10 | Steals | 9 |
| 3 | Blocks | 7 |
