⏱️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 first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
A 15-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 19 in the first 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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Dwyane Wade technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 11:22 · MIA 14-32 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q1 10:33 · MIA 2-9 BOS
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 19
Q1 4:16 · MIA 14-33 BOS
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 20-point lead to 34
Q3 10:14 · MIA 46-80 BOS
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Eddie House misses technical free throw
Q2 11:14 · MIA 16-33 BOS
📊The numbers
| MIA | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 36% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 5 | Threes made | 10 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 48% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 27 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 68 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 15 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 20 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 7 | Steals | 12 |
| 2 | Blocks | 5 |
