⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 24 free throws to their ten
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
- Technical
Rafer Alston Technical Foul
Q3 1:54 · MIA 45-58 SA
Spurs
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q1 2:06 · MIA 13-26 SA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 17
Q4 1:19 · MIA 69-86 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 2 | Threes made | 4 |
| 20% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 6 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 11 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 6 | Steals | 6 |
| 1 | Blocks | 9 |
