⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 31 free throws to their fourteen- Won the glass, 53 rebounds to 38
- A 14-0 run took them from 3 down to 11 up in the second quarter
- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their ten
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Lakers
Good plays
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run took them from 3 down to 11 up
Q2 0:04 · LAL 62-51 MIA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 13
Q3 4:26 · LAL 73-60 MIA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Kobe Bryant bad pass
Q4 0:41 · LAL 102-100 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- Steal
Dwyane Wade stole it from Kobe Bryant
Q4 0:41 · LAL 102-100 MIA
- Ties it
Udonis Haslem hit a driving dunk, Dwyane Wade with the assist
Q4 0:38 · LAL 102-102 MIA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Michael Beasley misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 3:14 · LAL 98-92 MIA
📊The numbers
| LAL | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 9 | Threes made | 9 |
| 53% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 62 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 26 | Assists | 21 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 6 | Steals | 9 |
| 3 | Blocks | 3 |
