⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers fell 10 points behind the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Made eleven threes to their five- Shot well above their usual, eleven of seventeen from three
- A 12-0 run took them from 11 down to 1 up in the fourth quarter
- Beaten inside, 30 points in the paint to 52
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 2 down to 9 up
Q3 2:39 · MIA 85-76 CLE
- Steal
Mario Chalmers stole it from Mo Williams
Q4 1:13 · MIA 93-98 CLE
Bad plays
- Technical
Dwyane Wade technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 1:59 · MIA 18-24 CLE
- Turnover
Dwyane Wade turnover
Q4 1:32 · MIA 93-98 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 11 down to 1 up
Q4 7:13 · MIA 91-92 CLE
Bad plays
- Turnover
Mo Williams bad pass
Q4 1:13 · MIA 93-98 CLE
- Missed FT
Mo Williams misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:30 · MIA 98-102 CLE
📊The numbers
| MIA | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 5 | Threes made | 11 |
| 28% | Three-point accuracy | 65% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 20 | Assists | 24 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 30 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 28 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 21 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 11 | Steals | 13 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
