⏱️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
▼ HOU better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Made eleven threes to their five
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q3 0:53 · MIA 79-63 HOU
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Eddie Jones missed Technical Free Throw.
Q1 1:36 · MIA 22-21 HOU
- Technical
Udonis Haslem Double Technical Foul. Kelvin Cato gains possession.
Q2 7:48 · MIA 33-30 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Steve Francis Technical Foul
Q1 5:01 · MIA 20-12 HOU
- Technical
Maurice Taylor Technical Foul
Q1 1:36 · MIA 22-21 HOU
- Missed FT
Jim Jackson missed Technical Free Throw.
Q4 6:33 · MIA 85-70 HOU
📊The numbers
| MIA | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 37% |
| 11 | Threes made | 5 |
| 48% | Three-point accuracy | 26% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 21 | Assists | 12 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 1 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 5 | Steals | 2 |
| 4 | Blocks | 1 |
