⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
They went cold, one of thirteen from three
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Mark Blount bad pass
Q4 0:10 · MIA 90-95 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
- Steal
LeBron James stole it from Mark Blount
Q4 0:10 · MIA 90-95 CLE
Bad plays
- Turnover
Anderson Varejao offensive foul (Mark Blount draws the foul)
Q4 2:03 · MIA 81-88 CLE
- Turnover
Anderson Varejao turnover
Q4 2:03 · MIA 81-88 CLE
- Missed FT
Damon Jones misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:18 · MIA 90-94 CLE
📊The numbers
| MIA | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 1 | Threes made | 4 |
| 8% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 60 | Rebounds | 66 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 14 | Assists | 16 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 8 | Steals | 10 |
| 3 | Blocks | 6 |
