⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Could not get to the line, twelve free throws to their 30
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 10
Q4 4:39 · MIA 95-105 DAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Dwyane Wade technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 1:30 · MIA 65-80 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 18
Q3 2:31 · MIA 65-83 DAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 23
Q4 8:02 · MIA 80-103 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 60% |
| 5 | Threes made | 7 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 11 | Assists | 22 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 9 | Steals | 9 |
| 1 | Blocks | 4 |
