⏱️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
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 4 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Ran them off the floor, 23 fast break points to 9- A 12-0 run took them from 4 down to 8 up in the first quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 3
Q3 10:36 · MEM 58-61 MIA
- Go-ahead
Chucky Atkins hit a 25-foot three jumper
Q4 1:47 · MEM 92-91 MIA
- Go-ahead
Chucky Atkins hit a 27-foot three jumper
Q4 1:00 · MEM 95-93 MIA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Shot clock violation
Q4 2:55 · MEM 87-89 MIA
- Missed FT
Rudy Gay misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:21 · MEM 96-95 MIA
- Missed FT
Rudy Gay misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:07 · MEM 97-95 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 4 down to 8 up
Q1 11:07 · MEM 4-12 MIA
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 15
Q2 9:52 · MEM 25-40 MIA
- Winner
James Posey hit a 27-foot three jumper, Jason Williams with the assist
Q4 0:00 · MEM 97-98 MIA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Udonis Haslem offensive foul (Dahntay Jones draws the foul)
Q4 3:19 · MEM 87-89 MIA
- Missed FT
Dwyane Wade misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 1:40 · MEM 92-92 MIA
- Missed FT
Udonis Haslem misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:39 · MEM 92-92 MIA
📊The numbers
| MEM | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 8 | Threes made | 7 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 13 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 23 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 7 | Steals | 5 |
| 4 | Blocks | 10 |
