⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics fell 8 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, nine of fourteen from three
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Celtics
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run from level to 10 points up
Q3 7:22 · BOS 70-60 MIA
- Winner
Paul Pierce hit a free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:37 · BOS 96-95 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q4 1:37 · BOS 103-95 MIA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Rajon Rondo traveling
Q4 3:38 · BOS 93-91 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- Ties it
Jermaine O'Neal hit a 15-foot jumper, Mario Chalmers with the assist
Q4 2:50 · BOS 95-95 MIA
Bad plays
- Technical
Jermaine O'Neal technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q2 3:43 · BOS 39-39 MIA
- Turnover
Shot clock violation
Q4 1:55 · BOS 95-95 MIA
📊The numbers
| BOS | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 9 | Threes made | 6 |
| 64% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 20 | Assists | 21 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 4 | Steals | 7 |
| 5 | Blocks | 6 |
