⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves fell 10 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 16 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their five- Shot well above their usual, fourteen of 22 from three
- Won the glass, 49 rebounds to 24
- Kept giving it away, 23 turnovers to their seven, and were outscored 26-10 off them
- Beaten inside, 36 points in the paint to 56
A 12-0 run took them from 11 down to 1 up in the fourth quarter
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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 11 down to 1 up
Q4 9:33 · MIA 87-86 MIN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q4 3:31 · MIA 99-97 MIN
- Go-ahead
Mario Chalmers hit a 24-foot three jumper, Dwyane Wade with the assist
Q4 2:28 · MIA 99-97 MIN
Bad plays
- Turnover
Mario Chalmers lost ball
Q4 0:52 · MIA 102-103 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 2
Q2 9:07 · MIA 36-34 MIN
- Winner
Randy Foye hit a 24-foot three jumper, Sebastian Telfair with the assist
Q4 2:01 · MIA 99-100 MIN
- Steal
Sebastian Telfair stole it from Mario Chalmers
Q4 0:52 · MIA 102-103 MIN
Bad plays
- Technical
Sebastian Telfair technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 7:20 · MIA 10-4 MIN
- Missed FT
Mike Miller misses technical free throw
Q1 6:37 · MIA 13-4 MIN
- Turnover
Shot clock violation
Q4 2:39 · MIA 96-97 MIN
📊The numbers
| MIA | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 5 | Threes made | 14 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 64% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 29 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 3 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 19 | Assists | 24 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 26 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 23 |
| 12 | Steals | 5 |
| 3 | Blocks | 0 |
