⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks got 18 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 18 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks 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.
Heat
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 30-point deficit to 22
Q4 3:57 · MIA 71-93 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Mavericks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q1 11:47 · MIA 0-9 DAL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 17
Q1 8:41 · MIA 2-19 DAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 18-point lead to 26
Q3 7:28 · MIA 41-67 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 2 | Threes made | 6 |
| 22% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 60 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 17 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 4 | Steals | 10 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
