⏱️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 first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ MIL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 19 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
A 13-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 24 in the first quarter
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q1 5:31 · MIA 25-12 MIL
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 24
Q1 3:11 · MIA 38-14 MIL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Bucks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 60% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 7 | Threes made | 6 |
| 54% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 29 | Assists | 15 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 14 | Steals | 7 |
| 6 | Blocks | 1 |
