⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, seven turnovers to their thirteen, and outscored them 18-4 off them- Ran them off the floor, 23 fast break points to 11
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 13
Q3 1:13 · MIA 87-74 BOS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 19
Q4 7:18 · MIA 99-80 BOS
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Dwyane Wade misses technical free throw
Q2 12:00 · MIA 32-26 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 7
Q3 10:04 · MIA 61-54 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 5 | Threes made | 6 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 27 | Free throws made | 32 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 24 | Assists | 13 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 23 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 4 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 5 | Steals | 3 |
| 6 | Blocks | 1 |
