⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
-4Q127-31
-2Q223-26
-3Q323-27
-1Q421-20
▼ MIA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 4 points worse than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Made eleven threes to their four- Shot well above their usual, eleven of 21 from three
- Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their eighteen
- Could not get to the line, fourteen free throws to their 30
Key battles
18Fast break points7
4Threes made11
22Free throws made11
31%Three-point accuracy52%
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Thunder
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 5
Q4 11:10 · OKC 81-86 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q1 4:15 · OKC 19-26 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| OKC | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 4 | Threes made | 11 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 52% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 18 | Assists | 22 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 6 | Steals | 6 |
| 6 | Blocks | 9 |
