⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 46 free throws to their 27- Won the glass, 47 rebounds to 30
- Made four threes to their ten
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Grizzlies
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Eddie Jones misses technical free throw
Q1 3:47 · MIA 20-17 MEM
- Technical
Bobby Jackson technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 5:43 · MIA 57-53 MEM
📊The numbers
| MIA | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 4 | Threes made | 10 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 30 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 63 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 17 | Assists | 15 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 11 | Steals | 11 |
| 9 | Blocks | 4 |
