⏱️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
▼ SA better than we expected
The second 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 Spurs did not.
From the game
Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their twelve
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 6 down to 4 up
Q2 3:33 · MIA 41-37 SA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Dwyane Wade Discontinue Dribble
Q4 4:56 · MIA 82-83 SA
- Turnover
Shandon Anderson Bad Pass. Stolen by Tony Parker.
Q4 1:17 · MIA 93-87 SA
- Turnover
Shot Clock Violation
Q4 0:51 · MIA 93-90 SA
Spurs
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q2 5:22 · MIA 31-37 SA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Devin Brown Bad Pass
Q4 2:47 · MIA 87-85 SA
📊The numbers
| MIA | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 5 | Threes made | 9 |
| 56% | Three-point accuracy | 53% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 14 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 6 | Steals | 12 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
