⏱️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 fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
-3Q122-21
+4Q230-24
+4Q320-12
+5Q428-22
▼ POR better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 5 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
Key battles
9Threes made5
11Fast break points7
2Steals4
15Free throws made10
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Heat
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 11
Q1 8:03 · MIA 15-4 POR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 9 | Threes made | 5 |
| 56% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 18 | Assists | 16 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 2 | Steals | 4 |
| 6 | Blocks | 7 |
