⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 46 rebounds to 32- A 13-0 run took them from 5 down to 8 up in the second quarter
- Kept giving it away, nineteen turnovers to their thirteen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Mavericks
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 5 down to 8 up
Q2 8:11 · DAL 36-28 MIA
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 18
Q2 1:54 · DAL 52-34 MIA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Dirk Nowitzki misses technical free throw
Q2 0:36 · DAL 47-34 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 24-point deficit to 16
Q4 11:18 · DAL 82-66 MIA
Bad plays
- Technical
Dwyane Wade technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q2 0:36 · DAL 47-34 MIA
📊The numbers
| DAL | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 8 | Threes made | 7 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 23 | Assists | 16 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 5 | Steals | 5 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
