⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their eighteen, and outscored them 16-5 off them- A 14-0 run took them from 6 down to 8 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.
Rockets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 6:16 · HOU 12-6 MIA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 1
Q2 1:47 · HOU 40-41 MIA
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run took them from 6 down to 8 up
Q3 4:18 · HOU 63-55 MIA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Shot Clock Violation
Q4 2:19 · HOU 77-70 MIA
- Missed FT
Tracy McGrady missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 0:06 · HOU 83-80 MIA
- Missed FT
David Wesley missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 0:00 · HOU 84-82 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q2 5:37 · HOU 28-36 MIA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Dwyane Wade missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:09 · HOU 82-79 MIA
- Missed FT
Dwyane Wade missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:02 · HOU 83-80 MIA
- Missed FT
Dwyane Wade missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 0:02 · HOU 83-80 MIA
📊The numbers
| HOU | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 35% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 5 | Threes made | 4 |
| 24% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 58 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 17 | Assists | 13 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 5 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 9 | Steals | 3 |
| 4 | Blocks | 6 |
