⏱️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
▼ LAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Lakers 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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q1 2:33 · MIA 28-21 LAL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 1 down to 9 up
Q4 11:19 · MIA 80-71 LAL
- Winner
Gary Payton hit a three jumper, Shaquille O'Neal with the assist
Q4 1:05 · MIA 94-91 LAL
Bad plays
- Turnover
James Posey traveling
Q4 3:56 · MIA 83-82 LAL
- Missed FT
Shaquille O'Neal misses free throw 1 of 1
Q4 3:15 · MIA 85-84 LAL
- Missed FT
Dwyane Wade misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:12 · MIA 94-91 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 8 down to 1 up
Q4 6:24 · MIA 83-84 LAL
- Ties it
Devean George hit a 24-foot three jumper, Lamar Odom with the assist
Q4 2:43 · MIA 87-87 LAL
- Go-ahead
Devean George hit a three jumper, Smush Parker with the assist
Q4 2:05 · MIA 89-90 LAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Kobe Bryant misses flagrant free throw 2 of 2
Q3 11:04 · MIA 53-49 LAL
- Goaltend
Devean George defensive goaltending
Q4 3:15 · MIA 85-84 LAL
- Missed FT
Lamar Odom misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:29 · MIA 91-90 LAL
📊The numbers
| MIA | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 3 | Threes made | 3 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 14% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 19 |
| 17 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 6 | Steals | 5 |
| 7 | Blocks | 9 |
