⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 16 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 41 free throws to their fifteen- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their seventeen
- A 12-0 run took them from 6 down to 6 up in the third quarter
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q1 6:18 · MIA 19-13 MIN
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 6 down to 6 up
Q3 2:01 · MIA 80-74 MIN
Bad plays
- Technical
Dwyane Wade Technical Foul. His 1st Technical Foul.
Q3 6:54 · MIA 61-58 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 2 | Threes made | 3 |
| 22% | Three-point accuracy | 75% |
| 33 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 18 | Assists | 16 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 11 | Steals | 4 |
| 8 | Blocks | 1 |
