⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their fourteen, and outscored them 19-4 off them- A 18-0 run took them from 3 down to 15 up 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.
Spurs
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
- 18-0 run
A 18-0 run took them from 3 down to 15 up
Q1 6:31 · SA 9-24 MIA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 21
Q2 1:17 · SA 32-53 MIA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 24
Q3 6:50 · SA 47-71 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 11 | Threes made | 7 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 8 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 22 | Assists | 23 |
| 0 | Points in the paint | 0 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 4 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 2 | Steals | 11 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
