⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 15 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Could not get to the line, 22 free throws to their 33
A 12-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 1 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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 5 down to 6 up
Q3 11:33 · MIA 61-55 BOS
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Jamaal Magloire flagrant foul type 1 (Bill Walker draws the foul)
Q4 11:08 · MIA 85-73 BOS
- Technical
Jermaine O'Neal technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 8:33 · MIA 91-77 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 3 down to 7 up
Q1 0:38 · MIA 31-38 BOS
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 1
Q4 7:58 · MIA 93-92 BOS
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Kendrick Perkins misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 1:28 · MIA 102-98 BOS
- Missed FT
Paul Pierce misses free throw 3 of 3
Q4 0:56 · MIA 104-99 BOS
- Missed FT
Paul Pierce misses free throw 1 of 3
Q4 0:56 · MIA 104-98 BOS
📊The numbers
| MIA | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 9 | Threes made | 8 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 21 | Assists | 15 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 9 | Steals | 7 |
| 7 | Blocks | 4 |
