⏱️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
▼ HOU better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 4 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Rockets 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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q1 6:58 · MIA 19-10 HOU
Bad plays
- Technical
Damon Jones Technical Foul. His 1st Technical Foul.
Q3 8:27 · MIA 57-52 HOU
- Technical
Shaquille O'Neal Technical Foul. His 2nd Technical Foul.
Q3 8:27 · MIA 57-52 HOU
- Turnover
Udonis Haslem Bad Pass. Stolen by Yao Ming.
Q4 0:43 · MIA 100-92 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 6 | Threes made | 5 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 23% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 18 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 3 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 2 | Steals | 5 |
| 3 | Blocks | 0 |
