⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Heat 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.
Clippers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q2 11:44 · LAC 29-28 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q4 9:37 · LAC 90-77 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAC | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 3 | Threes made | 7 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 27 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 4 | Steals | 8 |
| 8 | Blocks | 7 |
