⏱️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
▼ CLE better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 46 rebounds to 30- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their seven, and were outscored 23-8 off them
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q2 8:11 · MIA 40-37 CLE
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 17
Q3 11:32 · MIA 60-43 CLE
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q4 8:10 · MIA 86-76 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Cavaliers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Lucious Harris missed Technical Free Throw.
Q2 7:56 · MIA 34-37 CLE
- Technical
LeBron James Technical Foul. His 1st Technical Foul.
Q2 4:07 · MIA 43-41 CLE
📊The numbers
| MIA | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 6 | Threes made | 4 |
| 55% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 18 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 7 |
| 2 | Steals | 8 |
| 7 | Blocks | 0 |
