⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ MIL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their twenty- Lost the glass, 11 rebounds to 27
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 9 down to 1 up
Q2 0:40 · MIA 38-37 MIL
- Steal
Chris Quinn stole it from Andrew Bogut
Q4 1:00 · MIA 72-71 MIL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Daequan Cook bad pass
Q4 2:09 · MIA 72-71 MIL
Bucks
Good plays
- Steal
Mo Williams stole it from Daequan Cook
Q4 2:09 · MIA 72-71 MIL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Michael Redd bad pass
Q4 2:06 · MIA 72-71 MIL
- Turnover
Desmond Mason traveling
Q4 1:30 · MIA 72-71 MIL
- Turnover
Andrew Bogut bad pass
Q4 1:00 · MIA 72-71 MIL
📊The numbers
| MIA | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 36% |
| 4 | Threes made | 4 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 81 |
| 3 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 15 | Assists | 11 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 9 | Steals | 4 |
| 8 | Blocks | 2 |
