⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 4 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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
- Steal
Quentin Richardson stole it from Anthony Parker
Q4 0:41 · MIA 104-111 CLE
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Udonis Haslem misses technical free throw
Q2 9:21 · MIA 39-39 CLE
- Turnover
Jermaine O'Neal lost ball
Q4 3:34 · MIA 97-103 CLE
- Turnover
Quentin Richardson bad pass
Q4 2:31 · MIA 99-106 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Anthony Parker bad pass
Q4 0:41 · MIA 104-111 CLE
- Missed FT
Anderson Varejao misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:24 · MIA 104-111 CLE
- Missed FT
Anderson Varejao misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:24 · MIA 104-111 CLE
📊The numbers
| MIA | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 7 | Threes made | 9 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 27 | Free throws made | 30 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 13 | Assists | 16 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 5 | Steals | 7 |
| 6 | Blocks | 4 |
