⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 37 free throws to their 23- Went cold from three, two of eighteen
- Kept giving it away, nineteen turnovers to their thirteen, and were outscored 25-12 off them
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q1 4:46 · DAL 24-12 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q3 1:46 · DAL 63-62 MIA
- Lead
Jerry Stackhouse hit a three jumper, Jason Terry with the assist
Q4 1:37 · DAL 84-81 MIA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Jason Terry lost ball
Q4 1:47 · DAL 81-81 MIA
- Turnover
Erick Dampier lost ball
Q4 0:18 · DAL 86-85 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 9 down to 1 up
Q2 2:28 · DAL 42-43 MIA
- Lead
Dwyane Wade hit a free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:17 · DAL 86-87 MIA
- Ties it
Dwyane Wade hit a free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:17 · DAL 86-86 MIA
Bad plays
- Turnover
James Posey double dribble
Q4 1:47 · DAL 81-81 MIA
- Missed FT
Dwyane Wade misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:10 · DAL 88-87 MIA
- Turnover
Udonis Haslem traveling
Q4 0:09 · DAL 88-87 MIA
📊The numbers
| DAL | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 37% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 5 | Threes made | 2 |
| 23% | Three-point accuracy | 11% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 68 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 16 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 25 | Fast break points | 22 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 12 | Steals | 9 |
| 7 | Blocks | 10 |
