⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
They went cold, three of sixteen from three- Won the glass, 46 rebounds to 36
- A 12-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 18 in the first quarter
- Kept giving it away, 22 turnovers to their fifteen, and were outscored 23-15 off them
A 14-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 6 in the third quarter
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
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 6
Q3 0:05 · MIA 65-71 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Spurs
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 18
Q1 1:49 · MIA 14-32 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 3 | Threes made | 8 |
| 19% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 11 | Assists | 19 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 22 |
| 11 | Steals | 5 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
