⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics 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
▼ BOS better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 34 free throws to their seventeen- Looked after the ball, eighteen turnovers to their 24, and outscored them 33-20 off them
- A 12-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 21 in the second quarter
- Burned in transition, 5 fast break points to 18
A 15-0 run cut a 28-point deficit to 13 in the third 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 cut a 28-point deficit to 13
Q3 0:38 · MIA 70-83 BOS
Bad plays
- Turnover
Dwyane Wade lost ball
Q4 1:23 · MIA 83-91 BOS
- Turnover
Dwyane Wade bad pass
Q4 0:52 · MIA 83-91 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 21
Q2 4:58 · MIA 36-57 BOS
- Steal
Ray Allen stole it from Dwyane Wade
Q4 1:23 · MIA 83-91 BOS
- Steal
James Posey stole it from Dwyane Wade
Q4 0:52 · MIA 83-91 BOS
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Ray Allen misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:40 · MIA 83-90 BOS
📊The numbers
| MIA | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 10 | Threes made | 10 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 45% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 27 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 60 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 15 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 33 |
| 24 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 12 | Steals | 15 |
| 7 | Blocks | 0 |
