⏱️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
▼ BOS better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Dwyane Wade Bad Pass
Q4 2:03 · MIA 108-100 BOS
- Turnover
Shandon Anderson Bad Pass. Stolen by Walter McCarty.
Q4 1:46 · MIA 108-100 BOS
- Turnover
Dwyane Wade Lost Ball. Stolen by Gary Payton.
Q4 1:08 · MIA 108-100 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Ricky Davis Flagrant Foul Type 2. Davis's 2nd Personal Foul, Boston's 3rd Team Foul.
Q3 3:26 · MIA 80-76 BOS
- Turnover
Jiri Welsch Turnover
Q4 0:57 · MIA 108-100 BOS
- Turnover
Paul Pierce Turnover
Q4 0:30 · MIA 108-100 BOS
📊The numbers
| MIA | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 6 | Threes made | 4 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 21 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 21 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 9 | Steals | 9 |
| 3 | Blocks | 5 |
