⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 27 free throws to their twelve- Won the glass, 47 rebounds to 32
- Made one threes to their ten
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q1 5:46 · MEM 16-7 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q4 2:46 · MEM 95-90 MIA
- Winner
Rudy Gay hit a 14-foot two point shot
Q4 0:00 · MEM 97-95 MIA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Rudy Gay lost ball
Q4 0:09 · MEM 95-93 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run dragged them back level
Q2 10:26 · MEM 28-28 MIA
- Steal
Eddie House stole it from Rudy Gay
Q4 0:09 · MEM 95-93 MIA
- Ties it
LeBron James hit a dunk, Eddie House with the assist
Q4 0:05 · MEM 95-95 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 1 | Threes made | 10 |
| 9% | Three-point accuracy | 45% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 37 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 17 | Assists | 20 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 7 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 2 | Steals | 6 |
| 5 | Blocks | 1 |
