⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ GS better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Warriors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Warriors did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 48 rebounds to 37- Kept giving it away, fifteen turnovers to their eight
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Warriors
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Zarko Cabarkapa misses flagrant free throw 1 of 2
Q4 11:17 · GS 67-82 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q2 7:26 · GS 32-42 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q3 5:31 · GS 60-73 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| GS | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 59% |
| 9 | Threes made | 10 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 56% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 8 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 22 | Assists | 34 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 27 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 8 | Steals | 2 |
| 3 | Blocks | 8 |
