⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Kings 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.
Kings
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 6
Q3 7:07 · SAC 65-71 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 4 down to 7 up
Q1 1:54 · SAC 25-32 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SAC | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 59% |
| 8 | Threes made | 7 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 37% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 19 | Assists | 30 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 6 | Steals | 9 |
| 1 | Blocks | 8 |
