⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their nineteen, and outscored them 26-13 off them
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 cut a 12-point deficit to 2
Q2 7:39 · MIA 37-39 POR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q1 5:37 · MIA 13-21 POR
Bad plays
- Turnover
LaMarcus Aldridge 3 second
Q4 2:58 · MIA 90-96 POR
- Turnover
Brandon Roy turnover
Q4 1:17 · MIA 90-96 POR
- Missed FT
Brandon Roy misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:12 · MIA 94-101 POR
📊The numbers
| MIA | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 9 | Threes made | 7 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 37% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 17 | Assists | 18 |
| 0 | Points in the paint | 0 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 26 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 7 | Steals | 8 |
| 4 | Blocks | 6 |
