⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 22 points worse than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 47 rebounds to 32- 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.
Thunder
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 13
Q4 1:28 · OKC 104-117 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 4
Q1 6:03 · OKC 26-22 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q2 8:42 · OKC 41-44 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 20
Q4 6:20 · OKC 93-113 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| OKC | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 3 | Threes made | 8 |
| 19% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 18 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 9 | Steals | 4 |
| 4 | Blocks | 10 |
