⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Gave up second chances, eleven offensive rebounds to their four
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Pistons
Good plays
- Ties it
Rodney Stuckey hit a free throw 2 of 2
Q4 1:35 · DET 91-91 MIA
- Ties it
Tayshaun Prince hit a 6-foot hook shot
Q4 0:54 · DET 93-93 MIA
- Go-ahead
Walter Herrmann hit a three jumper, Rodney Stuckey with the assist
Q4 0:13 · DET 96-95 MIA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Will Bynum bad pass
Q4 3:16 · DET 89-87 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- Lead
Jermaine O'Neal hit a 20-foot jumper, Jamario Moon with the assist
Q4 1:10 · DET 91-93 MIA
- Lead
Jermaine O'Neal hit a tip shot
Q4 0:36 · DET 93-95 MIA
- Winner
Udonis Haslem hit a 9-foot jumper
Q4 0:06 · DET 96-97 MIA
Bad plays
- Technical
Jermaine O'Neal technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 6:09 · DET 14-4 MIA
📊The numbers
| DET | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 2 | Threes made | 5 |
| 17% | Three-point accuracy | 45% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 18 | Assists | 19 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 7 |
| 4 | Steals | 7 |
| 5 | Blocks | 11 |
