⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 9 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 twelve threes to their four- Shot well above their usual, twelve of 21 from three
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q1 7:39 · DET 19-9 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 10
Q3 3:10 · DET 61-71 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q2 10:08 · DET 29-35 MIA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 13
Q2 7:37 · DET 31-44 MIA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 18
Q3 8:48 · DET 51-69 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DET | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 4 | Threes made | 12 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 57% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 19 | Assists | 20 |
| 32 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 9 | Steals | 9 |
| 3 | Blocks | 5 |
