⏱️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
▼ HOU better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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
Jason Williams missed Technical Free Throw.
Q3 8:27 · MIA 52-52 HOU
- Missed FT
Gary Payton missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:01 · MIA 87-84 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q2 9:00 · MIA 28-32 HOU
Bad plays
- Turnover
Shot Clock Violation
Q4 3:31 · MIA 76-75 HOU
- Missed FT
Derek Anderson missed Free Throw 1 of 3.
Q4 0:01 · MIA 87-82 HOU
📊The numbers
| MIA | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 7 | Threes made | 4 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 24% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 15 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 4 | Steals | 9 |
| 4 | Blocks | 2 |
