⏱️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 fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 47 free throws to their 22- Gave up second chances, fourteen offensive rebounds to their four
A 14-0 run took them from 12 down to 2 up in the second quarter
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 stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q2 3:57 · MIA 42-28 DET
Bad plays
- Turnover
Antoine Walker traveling
Q4 1:37 · MIA 83-75 DET
Pistons
Good plays
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run took them from 12 down to 2 up
Q2 0:55 · MIA 44-46 DET
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Richard Hamilton flagrant foul type 1 (Dwyane Wade draws the foul)
Q4 0:52 · MIA 85-78 DET
📊The numbers
| MIA | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 55% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 5 | Threes made | 6 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 28 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 17 | Assists | 14 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 7 | Steals | 4 |
| 5 | Blocks | 2 |
