⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CLE 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 Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
A 16-0 run took them from 5 down to 11 up in the first quarter- Could not get to the line, 21 free throws to their 37
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Cavaliers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Daniel Gibson double technical foul
Q4 2:25 · CLE 86-113 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run took them from 5 down to 11 up
Q1 4:16 · CLE 17-28 MIA
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 25-point lead to 38
Q3 6:39 · CLE 50-88 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 36% | Shooting from the field | 57% |
| 7 | Threes made | 10 |
| 37% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 29 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 21 | Assists | 30 |
| 32 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 28 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 6 | Steals | 7 |
| 0 | Blocks | 5 |
