⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 29 free throws to their seventeen
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 4 down to 5 up
Q1 6:09 · MIA 18-13 LAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q3 10:10 · MIA 56-51 LAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Damon Jones Technical Foul. His 1st Technical Foul.
Q2 1:10 · MIA 45-38 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 8
Q4 1:38 · MIA 97-89 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 5 | Threes made | 10 |
| 26% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 18 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 10 | Steals | 10 |
| 6 | Blocks | 2 |
