⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Made eleven threes to their three- Shot well above their usual, eleven of 21 from three
- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their fourteen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Kings
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Mike Bibby misses technical free throw
Q3 1:59 · SAC 69-77 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q2 9:22 · SAC 30-40 MIA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Gary Payton misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 3:04 · SAC 85-91 MIA
- Turnover
Jason Williams bad pass
Q4 1:42 · SAC 87-94 MIA
📊The numbers
| SAC | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 3 | Threes made | 11 |
| 20% | Three-point accuracy | 52% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 28 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 8 | Steals | 7 |
| 5 | Blocks | 12 |
