⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 8 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
▼ SAC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 15 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Made eight threes to their two- Lived at the line, 32 free throws to their twenty
- Looked after the ball, fourteen turnovers to their 26, and outscored them 41-15 off them
- Ran them off the floor, 20 fast break points to 6
- A 13-0 run stretched a 21-point lead to 34 in the third quarter
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 from level to 10 points up
Q1 4:33 · MIA 19-9 SAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 18
Q2 3:35 · MIA 45-27 SAC
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 21-point lead to 34
Q3 6:39 · MIA 72-38 SAC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Mario Chalmers misses technical free throw
Q3 3:45 · MIA 70-38 SAC
- Technical
Joel Anthony double technical foul
Q4 0:42 · MIA 103-77 SAC
Kings
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 35-point deficit to 24
Q4 4:09 · MIA 98-74 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 8 | Threes made | 2 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 11% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 21 | Assists | 10 |
| 0 | Points in the paint | 0 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 41 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 26 |
| 15 | Steals | 7 |
| 8 | Blocks | 2 |
