⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Raptors stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ TOR better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Raptors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Raptors won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 34 free throws to their fifteen- Won the glass, 52 rebounds to 35
- Ran them off the floor, 14 fast break points to 2
- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their twelve, and were outscored 24-16 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Raptors
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q3 10:59 · TOR 60-56 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q3 0:28 · TOR 86-78 MIA
- Steal
Anthony Parker stole it from Shawn Marion
Q4 0:51 · TOR 100-93 MIA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Shot clock violation
Q4 1:55 · TOR 96-89 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 5
Q4 4:43 · TOR 96-91 MIA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Dwyane Wade misses technical free throw
Q1 8:45 · TOR 8-7 MIA
- Turnover
Shawn Marion bad pass
Q4 0:51 · TOR 100-93 MIA
📊The numbers
| TOR | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 6 | Threes made | 8 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 29 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 31 | Assists | 21 |
| 0 | Points in the paint | 0 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 8 | Steals | 6 |
| 7 | Blocks | 10 |
