⏱️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
▲ UTAH better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 5 points worse than our numbers for the Jazz.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Jazz did not.
From the game
They went cold, three of thirteen from three- Won the glass, 50 rebounds to 36
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Jazz
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q1 10:34 · UTAH 11-5 MIA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Milt Palacio bad pass
Q4 2:31 · UTAH 87-91 MIA
- Turnover
Mehmet Okur lost ball
Q4 0:15 · UTAH 94-100 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 6 down to 4 up
Q1 7:56 · UTAH 11-15 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q3 0:48 · UTAH 70-77 MIA
- Steal
Dwyane Wade stole it from Mehmet Okur
Q4 0:15 · UTAH 94-100 MIA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Antoine Walker misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 3:27 · UTAH 85-90 MIA
- Missed FT
Shaquille O'Neal misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 2:44 · UTAH 87-90 MIA
- Missed FT
Dwyane Wade misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:26 · UTAH 92-98 MIA
📊The numbers
| UTAH | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 3 | Threes made | 8 |
| 23% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 18 |
| 25 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 8 | Steals | 11 |
| 8 | Blocks | 6 |
