⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Raptors got 20 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ TOR better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 20 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Raptors won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Made ten threes to their three- Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their 21, and outscored them 30-10 off them
- A 12-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 22 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 14
Q2 9:18 · MIA 27-41 TOR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Raptors
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 11:32 · MIA 0-8 TOR
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 22
Q1 6:45 · MIA 6-28 TOR
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 22-point lead to 31
Q3 0:44 · MIA 62-93 TOR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | TOR | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 59% |
| 3 | Threes made | 10 |
| 19% | Three-point accuracy | 53% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 19 | Assists | 31 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 30 |
| 21 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 5 | Steals | 11 |
| 2 | Blocks | 2 |
