⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Made nine threes to their three- They went cold, three of sixteen from three
- Could not get to the line, 25 free throws to their 41
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 cut a 11-point deficit to 3
Q4 2:31 · MIA 107-110 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Celtics
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Nate Robinson technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 3:08 · MIA 10-22 BOS
- Flagrant
Shaquille O'Neal flagrant foul type 1 (LeBron James draws the foul)
Q3 6:33 · MIA 56-72 BOS
- Turnover
Backcourt
Q4 3:53 · MIA 99-106 BOS
📊The numbers
| MIA | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 3 | Threes made | 9 |
| 19% | Three-point accuracy | 56% |
| 32 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 18 | Assists | 24 |
| 30 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 4 | Steals | 5 |
| 4 | Blocks | 0 |
