⏱️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.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
+1Q125-21
+4Q220-15
-4Q324-28
0Q424-22
▼ MIA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 4 points better than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 48 points inside to 30- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their eight, and were outscored 17-7 off them
Key battles
7Points off turnovers17
20%Three-point accuracy39%
18Turnovers8
4Steals10
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Rockets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Carl Landry misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 4:26 · HOU 83-75 MIA
Heat
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 57% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 3 | Threes made | 7 |
| 20% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 7 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 24 | Assists | 20 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 30 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 7 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 4 | Steals | 10 |
| 4 | Blocks | 2 |
