⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 48 rebounds to 35
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Antoine Walker bad pass
Q4 2:51 · MIA 90-92 DAL
- Turnover
Shot clock violation
Q4 2:25 · MIA 90-94 DAL
- Missed FT
Udonis Haslem misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:24 · MIA 91-96 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q1 1:15 · MIA 23-33 DAL
- Steal
Jerry Stackhouse stole it from Antoine Walker
Q4 2:51 · MIA 90-92 DAL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Josh Howard traveling
Q4 3:44 · MIA 88-90 DAL
📊The numbers
| MIA | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 4 | Threes made | 4 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 13 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 7 | Steals | 5 |
| 5 | Blocks | 2 |
