⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Jazz did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their nineteen, and outscored them 17-9 off them- Went cold from three, seven of seventeen
- Lost the glass, 41 rebounds to 52
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
- Lead
Damon Jones made 25 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Dwyane Wade.
Q4 0:43 · MIA 88-85 UTAH
- Lead
Damon Jones made 25 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Eddie Jones.
OT 4:26 · MIA 93-90 UTAH
- Lead
Dwyane Wade made Jumper.
OT 0:10 · MIA 105-103 UTAH
Bad plays
- Turnover
Dwyane Wade Offensive Foul
Q4 2:53 · MIA 79-79 UTAH
- Turnover
Dwyane Wade Foul
Q4 2:53 · MIA 79-79 UTAH
- Turnover
Dwyane Wade Lost Ball. Stolen by Andrei Kirilenko.
Q4 0:20 · MIA 88-88 UTAH
Jazz
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 11
Q3 7:20 · MIA 46-57 UTAH
- Lead
Carlos Arroyo made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:04 · MIA 88-89 UTAH
- Ties it
Andrei Kirilenko made 26 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Carlos Boozer.
OT 4:11 · MIA 93-93 UTAH
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Mehmet Okur missed Technical Free Throw.
Q2 10:42 · MIA 17-17 UTAH
- Technical
Raja Bell Technical Foul
Q4 9:18 · MIA 64-68 UTAH
- Turnover
Carlos Arroyo Bad Pass. Stolen by Malik Allen.
OT 2:29 · MIA 98-95 UTAH
📊The numbers
| MIA | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 7 | Threes made | 3 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 44 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 65 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 21 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 9 | Steals | 4 |
| 9 | Blocks | 5 |
