⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Made ten threes to their one- Won the glass, 52 rebounds to 25
- A 12-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 16 in the second quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Pistons
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 16
Q2 6:13 · DET 31-47 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DET | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 1 | Threes made | 10 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 67% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 32 | Rebounds | 58 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 13 | Assists | 23 |
| 26 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 7 | Steals | 5 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
