⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
+7Q129-22
0Q225-26
+6Q330-24
-1Q420-21
▼ GS better than we expected
The first 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 Warriors did not.
From the game
Made ten threes to their three- Shot well above their usual, ten of sixteen from three
- Could not get to the line, fourteen free throws to their 24
Key battles
63%Three-point accuracy27%
10Threes made3
12Free throws made20
22Assists14
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Heat
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 15
Q3 10:07 · MIA 65-50 GS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Warriors
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | GS | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 10 | Threes made | 3 |
| 63% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 22 | Assists | 14 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 9 | Steals | 8 |
| 5 | Blocks | 8 |
