⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Made ten threes to their three- Shot well above their usual, ten of eighteen from three
- Lived at the line, 25 free throws to their fifteen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q1 10:48 · CLE 9-0 MIA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Mo Williams bad pass
Q4 2:31 · CLE 91-83 MIA
- Turnover
LeBron James turnover
Q4 1:54 · CLE 91-85 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 11
Q2 3:12 · CLE 45-34 MIA
- Steal
Jamario Moon stole it from Mo Williams
Q4 2:31 · CLE 91-83 MIA
Bad plays
- Technical
Dwyane Wade technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 7:18 · CLE 31-18 MIA
- Technical
Dwyane Wade technical foul (3rd technical foul)
Q4 0:50 · CLE 91-85 MIA
📊The numbers
| CLE | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 10 | Threes made | 3 |
| 56% | Three-point accuracy | 20% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 24 | Assists | 22 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 3 | Steals | 8 |
| 2 | Blocks | 2 |
