⏱️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 third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIL 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 Bucks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Bucks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q2 8:27 · MIL 33-32 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q2 5:22 · MIL 41-39 MIA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 7
Q3 0:38 · MIL 83-90 MIA
Bad plays
- Technical
Mo Williams technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 3:09 · MIL 16-19 MIA
- Missed FT
Earl Boykins misses technical free throw
Q2 1:32 · MIL 46-45 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q1 6:47 · MIL 8-15 MIA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 15
Q4 7:54 · MIL 91-106 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 21
Q4 4:52 · MIL 96-117 MIA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Dwyane Wade misses technical free throw
Q1 3:09 · MIL 16-19 MIA
- Technical
Gary Payton technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 0:34 · MIL 51-47 MIA
- Technical
Gary Payton technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q2 0:34 · MIL 51-47 MIA
📊The numbers
| MIL | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 4 | Threes made | 9 |
| 20% | Three-point accuracy | 53% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 17 | Assists | 31 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 24 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 27 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 8 | Steals | 10 |
| 3 | Blocks | 3 |
