⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ GS better than we expected
+3Q123-22
-11Q221-30
-2Q332-38
-3Q426-25
▼ MIA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Warriors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Warriors did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 42 rebounds to 29- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their eleven
Key battles
15Fast break points6
3Blocks1
11Turnovers17
43%Shooting from the field56%
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Warriors
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Monta Ellis misses technical free throw
Q1 10:30 · GS 0-3 MIA
Heat
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| GS | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 56% |
| 11 | Threes made | 8 |
| 46% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 20 | Assists | 26 |
| 26 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 7 | Steals | 7 |
| 3 | Blocks | 1 |
