⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ PHI better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 20 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the 76ers did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 54 rebounds to 34- A 16-0 run stretched a 18-point lead to 34 in the fourth quarter
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 3 down to 5 up
Q1 2:13 · MIA 19-14 PHI
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q2 11:11 · MIA 27-18 PHI
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run stretched a 18-point lead to 34
Q4 6:31 · MIA 101-67 PHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
76ers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | PHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 34% |
| 7 | Threes made | 2 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 13% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 61 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 22 | Assists | 12 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 8 | Steals | 8 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |
