⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 31 rebounds to 15- Looked after the ball, fourteen turnovers to their twenty, and outscored them 24-13 off them
- A 14-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 23 in the first quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Celtics
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 11
Q1 9:30 · BOS 13-2 MIA
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 23
Q1 6:13 · BOS 27-4 MIA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 18-point lead to 27
Q3 0:25 · BOS 75-48 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 13
Q1 0:00 · BOS 32-19 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 29% |
| 7 | Threes made | 4 |
| 26% | Three-point accuracy | 19% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 85 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 23 | Assists | 12 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 13 | Steals | 9 |
| 4 | Blocks | 6 |
