⏱️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 first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 30 free throws to their eighteen- Looked after the ball, six turnovers to their fourteen, and outscored them 21-9 off them
- Ran them off the floor, 33 fast break points to 5
- Gave up second chances, seventeen offensive rebounds 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.
Heat
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q4 9:44 · MIA 101-89 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Kings
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 59% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 5 | Threes made | 9 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 28 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 33 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 6 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 10 | Steals | 2 |
| 9 | Blocks | 2 |
