⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, ten of nineteen from three- Kept giving it away, 24 turnovers to their twelve, and were outscored 34-15 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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 23-point deficit to 13
Q4 8:33 · MIA 78-91 OKC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 8
Q4 5:24 · MIA 86-94 OKC
Bad plays
- Technical
Alonzo Mourning technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 0:19 · MIA 41-58 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 13
Q2 8:37 · MIA 32-45 OKC
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 21
Q2 5:41 · MIA 34-55 OKC
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 23
Q4 11:37 · MIA 68-91 OKC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Damien Wilkins misses technical free throw
Q3 7:37 · MIA 49-70 OKC
- Missed FT
Kevin Durant misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:26 · MIA 93-101 OKC
📊The numbers
| MIA | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 7 | Threes made | 10 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 53% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 73 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 15 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 34 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 24 |
| 14 | Steals | 5 |
| 3 | Blocks | 2 |
