⏱️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
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 42 free throws to their 23- Looked after the ball, fourteen turnovers to their twenty, and outscored them 19-7 off them
- Gave up second chances, seventeen offensive rebounds to their eight
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 took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 6:16 · MIA 16-10 MIN
- Steal
Dwyane Wade stole it from Rashad McCants
Q4 0:50 · MIA 88-85 MIN
Bad plays
- Turnover
Dwyane Wade turnover
Q4 2:53 · MIA 81-78 MIN
- Missed FT
Udonis Haslem misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 1:35 · MIA 86-82 MIN
- Turnover
Alonzo Mourning lost ball
Q4 1:20 · MIA 86-82 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
- Steal
Sebastian Telfair stole it from Alonzo Mourning
Q4 1:20 · MIA 86-82 MIN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Sebastian Telfair misses technical free throw
Q1 2:27 · MIA 22-14 MIN
- Turnover
Rashad McCants lost ball
Q4 0:50 · MIA 88-85 MIN
📊The numbers
| MIA | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 37% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 2 | Threes made | 4 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 24% |
| 31 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 70 | Rebounds | 73 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 17 | Assists | 15 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 10 | Steals | 5 |
| 11 | Blocks | 4 |
