⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Made eight threes to their two- Lived at the line, 25 free throws to their fifteen
- Ran them off the floor, 22 fast break points to 4
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
Nothing costly of their own making.
Kings
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 9-point deficit to 1
Q2 0:02 · MIA 48-47 SAC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Peja Stojakovic missed Technical Free Throw.
Q3 4:45 · MIA 66-58 SAC
📊The numbers
| MIA | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 8 | Threes made | 2 |
| 67% | Three-point accuracy | 17% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 23 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 22 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 11 | Steals | 4 |
| 7 | Blocks | 2 |
