⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, eleven of eighteen from three
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 took them from 4 down to 6 up
Q1 7:31 · MIA 15-9 CLE
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q4 8:17 · MIA 87-77 CLE
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q4 2:06 · MIA 104-89 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 5
Q3 2:13 · MIA 72-67 CLE
Bad plays
- Technical
LeBron James technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q3 8:15 · MIA 54-44 CLE
📊The numbers
| MIA | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 11 | Threes made | 11 |
| 61% | Three-point accuracy | 37% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 37 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 26 | Assists | 17 |
| 0 | Points in the paint | 0 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 8 | Steals | 6 |
| 2 | Blocks | 7 |
