⏱️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 second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Made ten threes to their one- Won the glass, 49 rebounds to 35
- Ran them off the floor, 30 fast break points to 8
- Could not get to the line, 22 free throws to their 36
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Steve Blake misses technical free throw
Q2 2:58 · POR 43-56 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 13
Q2 10:11 · POR 32-45 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 24
Q3 4:56 · POR 65-89 MIA
Bad plays
- Technical
Dwyane Wade technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 2:58 · POR 43-56 MIA
📊The numbers
| POR | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 59% |
| 1 | Threes made | 10 |
| 10% | Three-point accuracy | 59% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 17 | Assists | 28 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 30 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 7 | Steals | 10 |
| 2 | Blocks | 1 |
