⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 20 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 46 rebounds to 31
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 6 down to 3 up
Q2 6:54 · MIA 34-31 SA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q2 4:56 · MIA 42-32 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Spurs
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 1
Q2 3:38 · MIA 42-41 SA
Bad plays
- Technical
Robert Horry technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 7:37 · MIA 77-72 SA
- Missed FT
Tony Parker misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 4:58 · MIA 84-76 SA
📊The numbers
| MIA | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 6 | Threes made | 8 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 13 | Assists | 15 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 5 | Steals | 6 |
| 6 | Blocks | 2 |
