⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ GS better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Warriors did not.
From the game
Gave up second chances, nineteen offensive rebounds to their eight
Key battles
🏀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 took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q2 6:24 · MIA 45-39 GS
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jason Williams misses technical free throw
Q3 8:56 · MIA 59-47 GS
Warriors
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q2 9:47 · MIA 31-36 GS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | GS | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 37% |
| 8 | Threes made | 7 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 26% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 60 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 19 |
| 25 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 20 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 8 | Steals | 7 |
| 9 | Blocks | 6 |
