⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 11 points ahead of 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
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Rockets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Luis Scola double technical foul
Q3 3:03 · HOU 80-68 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 8
Q3 9:07 · HOU 66-58 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 9 | Threes made | 7 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 61 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 32 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 7 | Steals | 5 |
| 1 | Blocks | 3 |
