⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 48 rebounds to 30- Kept giving it away, 23 turnovers to their fifteen, and outscored them 26-18 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Thunder
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Vladimir Radmanovic Offensive Foul
Q4 3:13 · OKC 90-97 MIA
- Turnover
Vladimir Radmanovic Foul
Q4 3:13 · OKC 90-97 MIA
- Missed FT
Ronald Murray missed Free Throw 1 of 1.
Q4 1:54 · OKC 94-99 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q4 4:43 · OKC 90-99 MIA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Lamar Odom missed Free Throw 2 of 3.
Q4 1:39 · OKC 94-100 MIA
- Missed FT
Lamar Odom missed Free Throw 3 of 3.
Q4 1:39 · OKC 94-100 MIA
- Missed FT
Rafer Alston missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:14 · OKC 98-104 MIA
📊The numbers
| OKC | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 10 | Threes made | 6 |
| 37% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 36 | Rebounds | 60 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 14 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 26 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 23 |
| 8 | Steals | 10 |
| 5 | Blocks | 1 |
