⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 17 points better than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 31 free throws to their eighteen- Ran them off the floor, 14 fast break points to 2
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q2 2:28 · MEM 46-42 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q2 9:47 · MEM 30-35 MIA
Bad plays
- Technical
Dwyane Wade technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 7:50 · MEM 87-72 MIA
- Technical
Jamaal Magloire technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 3:11 · MEM 100-84 MIA
📊The numbers
| MEM | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 36% |
| 8 | Threes made | 8 |
| 62% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 58 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 19 | Assists | 16 |
| 0 | Points in the paint | 0 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 5 | Steals | 3 |
| 10 | Blocks | 6 |
