⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 5 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Made eight threes to their two- Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their sixteen, and outscored them 19-10 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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 3 down to 8 up
Q1 2:00 · MIA 28-20 LAC
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 15
Q2 11:23 · MIA 38-23 LAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Damon Jones Technical Foul. His 1st Technical Foul.
Q3 2:30 · MIA 82-68 LAC
Clippers
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 9
Q3 5:46 · MIA 77-68 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 8 | Threes made | 2 |
| 53% | Three-point accuracy | 22% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 27 | Assists | 16 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 4 | Steals | 4 |
| 11 | Blocks | 5 |
