⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Jazz did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, fifteen turnovers to their 21, and outscored them 28-10 off them
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 12
Q3 7:11 · MIA 51-39 UTAH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Jazz
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 36% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 4 | Threes made | 2 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 18% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 11 | Assists | 19 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 28 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 21 |
| 9 | Steals | 3 |
| 11 | Blocks | 10 |
