⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 2 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers 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.
Lakers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 14
Q1 8:08 · LAL 18-4 MIA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 17
Q3 6:54 · LAL 69-52 MIA
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 20
Q4 2:17 · LAL 106-86 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 8
Q2 3:25 · LAL 49-41 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 8 | Threes made | 7 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 75 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 3 |
| 28 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 22 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 8 | Steals | 6 |
| 12 | Blocks | 5 |
