⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 26 rebounds to 16- Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their seventeen, and outscored them 18-7 off them
- Burned in transition, 4 fast break points to 23
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Thunder
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Jeff Green lost ball
Q4 4:22 · OKC 84-92 MIA
- Turnover
Kevin Durant lost ball
Q4 2:57 · OKC 86-94 MIA
- Missed FT
Kevin Durant misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 1:19 · OKC 91-98 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q3 2:50 · OKC 72-70 MIA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 4 down to 6 up
Q3 0:39 · OKC 76-82 MIA
- Steal
Shawn Marion stole it from Kevin Durant
Q4 2:57 · OKC 86-94 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| OKC | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 2 | Threes made | 5 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 61 | Rebounds | 69 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 23 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 23 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 7 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 4 | Steals | 9 |
| 7 | Blocks | 6 |
