⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat fell 8 points behind the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, five turnovers to their fifteen- Made one threes to their eleven
- They shot well above their usual, eleven of twenty from three
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 cut a 13-point deficit to 5
Q4 11:30 · MIA 79-84 DET
- Ties it
Dwyane Wade hit a 14-foot jumper
Q4 0:55 · MIA 98-98 DET
- Winner
Dwyane Wade hit a 18-foot two point shot
Q4 0:02 · MIA 100-98 DET
Bad plays
- Technical
Udonis Haslem technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 3:47 · MIA 13-16 DET
Pistons
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q3 1:31 · MIA 71-84 DET
Bad plays
- Turnover
Richard Hamilton bad pass
Q4 3:27 · MIA 88-90 DET
- Turnover
Chauncey Billups lost ball
Q4 1:02 · MIA 96-98 DET
📊The numbers
| MIA | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 1 | Threes made | 11 |
| 8% | Three-point accuracy | 55% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 15 | Assists | 26 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 5 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 7 | Steals | 1 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
