⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ TOR better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Raptors did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, eighteen free throws to their eight- Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their 21, and outscored them 24-12 off them
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 11
Q2 8:11 · MIA 31-20 TOR
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q2 1:32 · MIA 41-26 TOR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Raptors
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 5
Q4 10:26 · MIA 61-56 TOR
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Lamond Murray missed Technical Free Throw.
Q2 1:19 · MIA 35-26 TOR
📊The numbers
| MIA | TOR | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 2 | Threes made | 5 |
| 22% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 5 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 14 | Assists | 11 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 21 |
| 9 | Steals | 4 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |
