⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIL better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Bucks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 51 free throws to their 30- Won the glass, 41 rebounds to 28
- They shot well above their usual, six of nine from three
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Bucks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q2 2:00 · MIL 45-40 MIA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Mike James missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 4:52 · MIL 86-94 MIA
- Missed FT
Desmond Mason missed Technical Free Throw.
Q4 1:10 · MIL 91-102 MIA
Heat
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Dwyane Wade Technical Foul
Q4 1:10 · MIL 91-102 MIA
- Missed FT
Eddie Jones missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:18 · MIL 104-110 MIA
📊The numbers
| MIL | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 59% |
| 6 | Threes made | 5 |
| 67% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 34 |
| 35 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 23 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 1 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 7 | Steals | 5 |
| 3 | Blocks | 7 |
