⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
+6Q125-20
+6Q222-16
+9Q325-17
-5Q423-25
▼ DET better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Gave up second chances, thirteen offensive rebounds to their six
Key battles
9Blocks0
15Fast break points6
6Offensive rebounds13
56%Shooting from the field33%
🏀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 3-point lead to 11
Q2 5:07 · MIA 38-27 DET
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pistons
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Chauncey Billups misses technical free throw
Q1 6:09 · MIA 14-11 DET
📊The numbers
| MIA | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 33% |
| 6 | Threes made | 6 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 22 | Assists | 15 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 7 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 7 |
| 3 | Steals | 5 |
| 9 | Blocks | 0 |
