⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
They went cold, three of 25 from three- A 13-0 run took them from 3 down to 10 up in the third quarter
- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their nine
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Clippers
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 3 down to 10 up
Q3 10:14 · LAC 58-48 MIA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Elton Brand misses free throw 1 of 1
Q4 4:39 · LAC 88-81 MIA
- Turnover
Tim Thomas bad pass
Q4 1:32 · LAC 92-87 MIA
- Missed FT
Shaun Livingston misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:22 · LAC 96-93 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- Steal
Dwyane Wade stole it from Tim Thomas
Q4 1:32 · LAC 92-87 MIA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jason Kapono misses technical free throw
Q2 9:37 · LAC 23-30 MIA
- Missed FT
Dwyane Wade misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 2:32 · LAC 92-84 MIA
📊The numbers
| LAC | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 3 | Threes made | 3 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 12% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 22 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 4 | Steals | 7 |
| 11 | Blocks | 6 |
