⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ GS better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Warriors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Warriors did not.
From the game
Made thirteen threes to their six- Won the glass, 56 rebounds to 40
- Could not get to the line, nineteen free throws to their 33
- Kept giving it away, nineteen turnovers to their thirteen, and were outscored 22-13 off them
A 13-0 run cut a 28-point deficit to 15 in the fourth quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Warriors
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q1 1:44 · GS 31-30 MIA
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run cut a 28-point deficit to 15
Q4 7:56 · GS 92-107 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Alonzo Mourning technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 9:18 · GS 7-7 MIA
📊The numbers
| GS | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 6 | Threes made | 13 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 61 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 22 | Assists | 36 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 25 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 10 | Steals | 8 |
| 3 | Blocks | 9 |
