⏱️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 second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Made seven threes to their no- Won the glass, 55 rebounds to 40
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Cavaliers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Lucious Harris missed Technical Free Throw.
Q2 7:07 · CLE 30-35 MIA
Heat
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Shaquille O'Neal Technical Foul. His 1st Technical Foul.
Q2 7:07 · CLE 30-35 MIA
📊The numbers
| CLE | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 0 | Threes made | 7 |
| 0% | Three-point accuracy | 37% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 65 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 20 |
| 20 | Assists | 26 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 8 | Steals | 7 |
| 6 | Blocks | 5 |
