⏱️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.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
-2Q126-28
-5Q219-24
+7Q325-18
-3Q415-18
▼ MIA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
Key battles
11Fast break points5
13Points off turnovers8
5Steals3
19Assists24
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Celtics
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Shot clock violation
Q4 4:18 · BOS 0-0 MIA
Heat
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 8 | Threes made | 7 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 19 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 5 | Steals | 3 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |
