⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Ran them off the floor, 24 fast break points to 4- A 15-0 run took them from 5 down to 10 up in the first quarter
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
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run took them from 5 down to 10 up
Q1 9:18 · MIA 18-8 SAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 22
Q2 7:11 · MIA 49-27 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Kings
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 55% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 13 | Threes made | 10 |
| 62% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 19 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 24 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 8 | Steals | 13 |
| 6 | Blocks | 0 |
