⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, ten of nineteen from three- Won the glass, 51 rebounds to 35
- Kept giving it away, nineteen turnovers to their eight, and were outscored 25-5 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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Udonis Haslem technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 5:48 · MIA 56-67 HOU
- Turnover
Dwyane Wade lost ball
Q4 4:50 · MIA 87-93 HOU
- Missed FT
Mario Chalmers misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 2:57 · MIA 90-98 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 13
Q3 7:58 · MIA 56-69 HOU
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Yao Ming misses technical free throw
Q3 3:01 · MIA 66-76 HOU
- Technical
Rafer Alston technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 0:02 · MIA 74-80 HOU
📊The numbers
| MIA | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 9 | Threes made | 10 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 53% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 60 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 19 | Assists | 21 |
| 0 | Points in the paint | 0 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 5 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 13 | Steals | 5 |
| 6 | Blocks | 0 |
