⏱️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
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their sixteen- They shot well above their usual, ten of 22 from three
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Celtics
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q4 6:33 · BOS 86-85 MIA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Delonte West bad pass
Q4 2:32 · BOS 93-96 MIA
- Missed FT
Paul Pierce misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 1:53 · BOS 94-97 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 6 down to 3 up
Q2 6:01 · BOS 39-42 MIA
- Steal
Antoine Walker stole it from Delonte West
Q4 2:32 · BOS 93-96 MIA
Bad plays
- Technical
Antoine Walker technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 9:47 · BOS 68-79 MIA
- Missed FT
Dwyane Wade misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 2:04 · BOS 93-97 MIA
📊The numbers
| BOS | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 10 | Threes made | 8 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 19 | Assists | 25 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 6 | Steals | 10 |
| 0 | Blocks | 6 |
