⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their seventeen, and outscored them 24-10 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Rockets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run from level to 10 points up
Q2 6:31 · HOU 41-51 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 11 | Threes made | 6 |
| 52% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 20 | Assists | 24 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 6 | Steals | 8 |
| 4 | Blocks | 10 |
