⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Made three threes to their nine
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Shaquille O'Neal missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 1:53 · MIA 87-82 DET
- Turnover
Shaquille O'Neal Bad Pass. Stolen by Richard Hamilton.
Q4 1:19 · MIA 87-82 DET
- Missed FT
Eddie Jones missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 0:26 · MIA 88-84 DET
Pistons
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Richard Hamilton missed Free Throw 1 of 1.
Q4 1:07 · MIA 87-84 DET
📊The numbers
| MIA | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 3 | Threes made | 9 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 14 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 6 | Steals | 9 |
| 9 | Blocks | 5 |
