⏱️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
▼ GS better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 4 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Warriors did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 31 free throws to their eighteen- Won the glass, 53 rebounds to 33
- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their seven
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
- Technical
Dwyane Wade Technical Foul. His 1st Technical Foul.
Q3 9:03 · MIA 58-55 GS
- Missed FT
Shaquille O'Neal missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:51 · MIA 101-94 GS
- Missed FT
Shaquille O'Neal missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 0:51 · MIA 101-94 GS
Warriors
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q1 8:07 · MIA 9-16 GS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q3 9:47 · MIA 58-59 GS
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Speedy Claxton missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 0:52 · MIA 101-94 GS
- Missed FT
Speedy Claxton missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 0:52 · MIA 101-94 GS
📊The numbers
| MIA | GS | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 3 | Threes made | 5 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 64 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 20 | Assists | 25 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 7 |
| 1 | Steals | 10 |
| 7 | Blocks | 2 |
