⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ PHI better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 16 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the 76ers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, fourteen turnovers to their 26, and outscored them 32-10 off them- Ran them off the floor, 21 fast break points to 8
- A 12-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 21 in the fourth 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 17
Q3 3:03 · MIA 75-58 PHI
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 21
Q4 8:57 · MIA 90-69 PHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
76ers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 23-point deficit to 13
Q3 9:56 · MIA 63-50 PHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | PHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 6 | Threes made | 5 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 21 | Assists | 11 |
| 0 | Points in the paint | 0 |
| 21 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 32 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 26 |
| 18 | Steals | 8 |
| 8 | Blocks | 4 |
