⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 19 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Ran them off the floor, 20 fast break points to 6
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 6 down to 3 up
Q1 1:23 · MEM 27-24 MIA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Bobby Jackson missed Technical Free Throw.
Q2 6:24 · MEM 32-30 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 5:31 · MEM 9-17 MIA
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 15
Q3 0:57 · MEM 58-73 MIA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 21
Q4 8:56 · MEM 64-85 MIA
Bad plays
- Technical
Shaquille O'Neal Technical Foul. His 1st Technical Foul.
Q2 6:24 · MEM 32-30 MIA
📊The numbers
| MEM | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 34% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 4 | Threes made | 7 |
| 24% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 58 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 16 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 20 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 8 | Steals | 7 |
| 6 | Blocks | 7 |
