⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 9 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
▼ DET better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their sixteen
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 1-point lead to 9
Q1 6:43 · MIA 17-8 DET
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 20-point lead to 29
Q4 8:40 · MIA 84-55 DET
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pistons
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 34-point deficit to 24
Q4 3:58 · MIA 91-67 DET
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 37% |
| 6 | Threes made | 5 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 26% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 23 | Assists | 11 |
| 26 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 10 | Steals | 5 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
