⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIL 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 Bucks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their eight- Shot well above their usual, fourteen of 25 from three
- A 17-0 run took them from 9 down to 8 up in the third quarter
- Could not get to the line, 28 free throws to their 41
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Bucks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q3 11:11 · MIL 58-44 MIA
Bad plays
- Technical
Charlie Villanueva technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 8:25 · MIL 77-84 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 17-0 run
A 17-0 run took them from 9 down to 8 up
Q3 0:35 · MIL 77-85 MIA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jason Williams misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 1:34 · MIL 96-104 MIA
📊The numbers
| MIL | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 8 | Threes made | 14 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 56% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 74 | Rebounds | 67 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 22 | Assists | 33 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 8 | Steals | 5 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
