⏱️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 second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ TOR better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Raptors did not.
From the game
Kept giving it away, fourteen turnovers to their seven, and were outscored 17-6 off them
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q2 3:03 · MIA 54-39 TOR
Bad plays
- Turnover
Jason Williams bad pass
Q4 2:20 · MIA 88-84 TOR
- Turnover
James Posey turnover
Q4 0:54 · MIA 88-84 TOR
Raptors
Good plays
- Steal
Anthony Parker with the steal
Q4 0:54 · MIA 88-84 TOR
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jose Calderon misses technical free throw
Q4 7:56 · MIA 80-73 TOR
📊The numbers
| MIA | TOR | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 6 | Threes made | 6 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 19 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 7 |
| 2 | Steals | 9 |
| 10 | Blocks | 5 |
