⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 18 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ MIL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 35 free throws to their 21- Ran them off the floor, 22 fast break points to 9
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 stretched a 14-point lead to 23
Q2 2:10 · MIA 60-37 MIL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 28-point lead to 37
Q3 2:17 · MIA 95-58 MIL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Dwyane Wade missed Flagrant Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q1 6:07 · MIA 11-11 MIL
Bucks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 55% | Shooting from the field | 32% |
| 5 | Threes made | 4 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 24 | Assists | 9 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 22 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 8 | Steals | 3 |
| 6 | Blocks | 3 |
