⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their seven- Shot well above their usual, fifteen of 25 from three
- Won the glass, 48 rebounds to 30
- Kept giving it away, 21 turnovers to their eleven
- Burned in transition, 8 fast break points to 21
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Celtics
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run from level to 10 points up
Q1 10:55 · MIA 2-12 BOS
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 22
Q1 1:53 · MIA 10-32 BOS
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 22
Q4 5:01 · MIA 76-98 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 7 | Threes made | 15 |
| 28% | Three-point accuracy | 60% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 38 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 17 | Assists | 21 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 26 |
| 21 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 26 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 21 |
| 14 | Steals | 7 |
| 2 | Blocks | 3 |
