⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Jazz got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ UTAH better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Jazz.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Jazz won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their eighteen, and outscored them 21-8 off them- Owned the paint, 58 points inside to 24
- Gave up second chances, fourteen offensive rebounds to their three
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Jazz
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 0:26 · UTAH 30-22 MIA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 26
Q3 0:00 · UTAH 97-71 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Dwyane Wade technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 10:41 · UTAH 60-47 MIA
📊The numbers
| UTAH | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 57% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 9 | Threes made | 10 |
| 60% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 3 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 28 | Assists | 19 |
| 58 | Points in the paint | 24 |
| 28 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 14 | Steals | 4 |
| 6 | Blocks | 5 |
