⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs 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.
Spurs
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run from level to 11 points up
Q2 6:43 · SA 36-25 MIA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Manu Ginobili traveling
Q4 1:31 · SA 90-83 MIA
Heat
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Michael Doleac flagrant foul type 2 (Tony Parker draws the foul)
Q3 5:24 · SA 57-43 MIA
📊The numbers
| SA | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 36% |
| 3 | Threes made | 5 |
| 17% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 24 | Assists | 16 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 11 | Steals | 9 |
| 6 | Blocks | 1 |
