⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 25 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
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 18 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Gave up second chances, fourteen offensive rebounds to their four
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 took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q1 5:15 · MIA 20-14 HOU
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 15
Q2 11:17 · MIA 33-18 HOU
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 23-point lead to 31
Q4 5:13 · MIA 96-65 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Rockets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 27-point deficit to 19
Q4 10:36 · MIA 82-63 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 30% |
| 7 | Threes made | 4 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 22% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 27 | Assists | 8 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 2 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 9 | Steals | 2 |
| 8 | Blocks | 1 |
