⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 19 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ UTAH better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Jazz.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Jazz did not.
From the game
Made thirteen threes to their three- Shot well above their usual, thirteen of 23 from three
- Gave up second chances, eleven offensive rebounds to their four
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Jazz
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Derek Fisher misses technical free throw
Q2 8:00 · UTAH 30-40 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 17
Q4 9:26 · UTAH 92-109 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| UTAH | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 3 | Threes made | 13 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 57% |
| 37 | Free throws made | 42 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 21 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 7 | Steals | 12 |
| 1 | Blocks | 6 |
