⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 30 free throws to their fourteen- Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their seventeen
- Lost the glass, 34 rebounds to 52
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
- Turnover
Lamar Odom Bad Pass
Q4 4:28 · MIA 79-72 BOS
- Turnover
Lamar Odom Offensive Foul
Q4 3:04 · MIA 82-77 BOS
- Turnover
Lamar Odom Foul
Q4 3:04 · MIA 82-77 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- Ties it
Mark Blount made Tip Shot.
Q4 0:48 · MIA 84-84 BOS
- Winner
Mike James made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:08 · MIA 84-85 BOS
Bad plays
- Turnover
Paul Pierce Offensive Foul
Q4 2:17 · MIA 82-79 BOS
- Turnover
Paul Pierce Foul
Q4 2:17 · MIA 82-79 BOS
- Turnover
24 second
Q4 0:14 · MIA 84-84 BOS
📊The numbers
| MIA | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 7 | Threes made | 7 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 22 | Assists | 16 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 1 | Steals | 8 |
| 6 | Blocks | 0 |
