⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 25 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 25 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Jazz did not.
From the game
Made seven threes to their one- Lived at the line, 48 free throws to their thirteen
- Won the glass, 50 rebounds to 29
- Ran them off the floor, 28 fast break points to 6
- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their nine, and outscored them 23-14 off them
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 6-point lead to 16
Q1 8:26 · MIA 20-4 UTAH
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 23-point lead to 32
Q3 7:05 · MIA 82-50 UTAH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Jazz
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 29-point deficit to 21
Q2 4:56 · MIA 55-34 UTAH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 57% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 7 | Threes made | 1 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 11% |
| 42 | Free throws made | 6 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 37 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 20 | Assists | 28 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 28 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 8 | Steals | 9 |
| 9 | Blocks | 2 |
