⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 35 free throws to their thirteen
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 18
Q3 2:00 · MIA 90-72 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Clippers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Chris Kaman technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 10:00 · MIA 37-31 LAC
📊The numbers
| MIA | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 9 | Threes made | 11 |
| 53% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 29 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 20 | Assists | 21 |
| 32 | Points in the paint | 30 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 10 | Steals | 6 |
| 3 | Blocks | 2 |
