⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat fell 12 points behind the pace we expected in the second quarter and never got it back.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 41 free throws to their twenty- Ran them off the floor, 20 fast break points to 6
A 12-0 run took them from 2 down to 10 up in the second quarter
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 took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q2 7:20 · MIA 37-35 CLE
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 5 down to 4 up
Q3 10:44 · MIA 55-51 CLE
Bad plays
- Missed FT
LeBron James misses technical free throw
Q3 9:06 · MIA 54-51 CLE
- Missed FT
Joel Anthony misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 2:06 · MIA 95-89 CLE
- Missed FT
LeBron James misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 1:06 · MIA 97-93 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q2 9:41 · MIA 29-35 CLE
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 2 down to 10 up
Q2 5:30 · MIA 37-47 CLE
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 6
Q4 4:16 · MIA 95-89 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 10 | Threes made | 9 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 27 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 17 | Assists | 19 |
| 26 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 4 | Steals | 6 |
| 8 | Blocks | 0 |
