⏱️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
▲ MIA better than we expected
+3Q129-25
0Q221-19
+4Q331-25
+1Q424-22
▼ MIN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 4 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 40 rebounds to 28- Kept giving it away, nineteen turnovers to their thirteen, and were outscored 20-12 off them
Key battles
12Points off turnovers20
6Threes made3
19Turnovers13
49Rebounds35
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Heat
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Timberwolves
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Kevin Garnett misses technical free throw
Q2 9:03 · MIA 35-31 MIN
📊The numbers
| MIA | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 58% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 6 | Threes made | 3 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 35 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 16 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 5 | Steals | 7 |
| 2 | Blocks | 3 |
