⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat fell 9 points behind the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 16 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 36 free throws to their 22- Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their eighteen, and outscored them 25-14 off them
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 5 down to 3 up
Q3 0:18 · MIA 82-79 CLE
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 14
Q4 6:22 · MIA 100-86 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q3 9:49 · MIA 54-56 CLE
Bad plays
- Technical
Zydrunas Ilgauskas Technical Foul
Q3 7:22 · MIA 56-58 CLE
- Turnover
Ira Newble Traveling
Q4 4:52 · MIA 93-86 CLE
📊The numbers
| MIA | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 7 | Threes made | 3 |
| 58% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 29 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 21 | Assists | 16 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 8 | Steals | 7 |
| 1 | Blocks | 9 |
