⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ TOR better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 16 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Raptors did not.
From the game
Made sixteen threes to their five- Burned in transition, 6 fast break points to 22
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 15
Q1 4:50 · MIA 30-15 TOR
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 21
Q1 0:22 · MIA 38-17 TOR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Raptors
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 11
Q3 0:27 · MIA 92-81 TOR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | TOR | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 16 | Threes made | 5 |
| 62% | Three-point accuracy | 63% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 27 | Assists | 20 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 22 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 4 | Steals | 7 |
| 8 | Blocks | 1 |
