⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ UTAH 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 Jazz did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 38 free throws to their eighteen- A 16-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 20 in the second quarter
- Gave up second chances, fourteen offensive rebounds to their two
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 took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q1 9:15 · MIA 10-6 UTAH
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 20
Q2 10:22 · MIA 39-19 UTAH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Jazz
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 3
Q3 8:02 · MIA 58-55 UTAH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 7 | Threes made | 5 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 32 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 2 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 17 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 8 | Steals | 6 |
| 4 | Blocks | 2 |
