⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
-3Q122-24
+2Q224-20
-1Q327-26
+16Q431-15
▼ POR better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 16 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, seven turnovers to their seventeen, and outscored them 27-5 off them- Ran them off the floor, 20 fast break points to 2
- Gave up second chances, seventeen offensive rebounds to their nine
Key battles
20Fast break points2
27Points off turnovers5
8Steals1
14Blocks5
🏀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 took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q3 2:55 · MIA 71-64 POR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jarrett Jack misses technical free throw
Q2 6:52 · MIA 31-32 POR
📊The numbers
| MIA | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 4 | Threes made | 8 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 53% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 19 | Assists | 13 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 27 | Points off turnovers | 5 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 8 | Steals | 1 |
| 14 | Blocks | 5 |
