⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Warriors fell 13 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ GS better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 15 points better than our numbers for the Warriors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Warriors won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their six- Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their nineteen
- Ran them off the floor, 37 fast break points to 18
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Warriors
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 10
Q2 5:05 · GS 47-57 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q4 5:54 · GS 102-104 MIA
- Winner
Monta Ellis hit a free throw 1 of 2
Q4 2:47 · GS 109-108 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run from level to 10 points up
Q1 11:44 · GS 0-10 MIA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q1 6:22 · GS 13-23 MIA
- Ties it
Dwyane Wade hit a free throw 2 of 2
Q4 2:57 · GS 108-108 MIA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Udonis Haslem turnover
Q4 3:43 · GS 105-106 MIA
- Missed FT
Dwyane Wade misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 2:57 · GS 108-107 MIA
- Turnover
Daequan Cook lost ball
Q4 2:30 · GS 110-108 MIA
📊The numbers
| GS | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 12 | Threes made | 6 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 46% |
| 30 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 64 | Rebounds | 83 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 21 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 37 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 9 | Steals | 5 |
| 1 | Blocks | 7 |
