⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 5 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Made three threes to their nine- Went cold from three, three of eighteen
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 2 down to 7 up
Q2 10:36 · MIA 30-23 CLE
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q4 10:26 · MIA 71-62 CLE
Bad plays
- Turnover
Gary Payton bad pass
Q4 2:09 · MIA 80-74 CLE
- Turnover
Jason Kapono turnover
Q4 1:10 · MIA 80-74 CLE
- Missed FT
James Posey misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:28 · MIA 83-78 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q1 11:25 · MIA 2-9 CLE
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 8 down to 1 up
Q2 1:20 · MIA 41-42 CLE
- Steal
Damon Jones stole it from Gary Payton
Q4 2:09 · MIA 80-74 CLE
Bad plays
- Turnover
Daniel Gibson offensive foul (James Posey draws the foul)
Q4 2:03 · MIA 80-74 CLE
- Turnover
Daniel Gibson turnover
Q4 2:03 · MIA 80-74 CLE
📊The numbers
| MIA | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 36% |
| 3 | Threes made | 9 |
| 17% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 65 | Rebounds | 61 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 21 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 3 | Steals | 7 |
| 3 | Blocks | 6 |
