⏱️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
▲ MIA better than we expected
-2Q128-26
+3Q226-21
+4Q326-22
+1Q418-21
▼ MEM better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 4 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 45 rebounds to 30
Key battles
8Blocks3
14Offensive rebounds7
19Points off turnovers12
18Turnovers13
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Heat
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 14
Q3 1:35 · MIA 83-69 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Grizzlies
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Mike Miller misses free throw 1 of 1
Q4 0:13 · MIA 98-90 MEM
📊The numbers
| MIA | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 4 | Threes made | 4 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 20 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 8 | Steals | 9 |
| 8 | Blocks | 3 |
