⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 15 points better than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, twenty turnovers to their 26- Ran them off the floor, 28 fast break points to 6
A 12-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 10 in the second quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nuggets
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 12
Q1 9:04 · DEN 17-5 MIA
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 18
Q4 5:56 · DEN 96-78 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 10
Q2 4:13 · DEN 56-46 MIA
Bad plays
- Technical
Shaquille O'Neal Technical Foul. O'Neal's 6th Personal Foul, Miami's 7th Team Foul.
Q4 3:45 · DEN 94-78 MIA
📊The numbers
| DEN | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 4 | Threes made | 6 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 29 | Assists | 29 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 28 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 26 |
| 17 | Steals | 9 |
| 4 | Blocks | 9 |
