⏱️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 first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 43 rebounds to 33- Kept giving it away, sixteen turnovers to their six
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Pistons
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run from level to 11 points up
Q1 11:45 · DET 0-11 MIA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 5 down to 4 up
Q3 4:03 · DET 60-64 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q4 8:41 · DET 65-77 MIA
Bad plays
- Flagrant
James Posey flagrant foul type 1 (Antonio McDyess draws the foul)
Q4 6:31 · DET 65-77 MIA
📊The numbers
| DET | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 56% |
| 5 | Threes made | 5 |
| 24% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 16 | Assists | 13 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 6 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 7 | Steals | 5 |
| 1 | Blocks | 6 |
