⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 19 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 19 points better than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Clippers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Eric Bledsoe misses technical free throw
Q1 1:10 · LAC 36-24 MIA
- Missed FT
Eric Gordon misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:14 · LAC 108-102 MIA
- Turnover
Baron Davis lost ball
Q4 0:00 · LAC 111-105 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 2
Q4 8:26 · LAC 94-92 MIA
- Steal
Mario Chalmers stole it from Baron Davis
Q4 0:00 · LAC 111-105 MIA
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Zydrunas Ilgauskas flagrant foul type 1 (Blake Griffin draws the foul)
Q3 8:26 · LAC 72-63 MIA
📊The numbers
| LAC | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 6 | Threes made | 8 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 33 | Assists | 22 |
| 58 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 7 |
| 6 | Steals | 3 |
| 8 | Blocks | 5 |
