⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 17 points better than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Made eleven threes to their two- Lived at the line, twenty free throws to their ten
- Won the glass, 55 rebounds to 28
- A 12-0 run from level to 12 points up in the first quarter
- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their nine
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run from level to 12 points up
Q1 11:45 · POR 12-0 MIA
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 19-point lead to 31
Q4 11:38 · POR 88-57 MIA
Bad plays
- Technical
Joel Przybilla double technical foul
Q3 2:44 · POR 76-53 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 23-point deficit to 13
Q2 6:54 · POR 46-33 MIA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Dwyane Wade misses technical free throw
Q1 2:18 · POR 30-13 MIA
📊The numbers
| POR | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 35% |
| 11 | Threes made | 2 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 11% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 8 |
| 65 | Rebounds | 35 |
| 19 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 31 | Assists | 14 |
| 0 | Points in the paint | 0 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 5 | Steals | 9 |
| 9 | Blocks | 4 |
