⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
A 12-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 24 in the fourth 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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 15
Q2 6:22 · MIA 42-27 LAC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 18
Q4 10:36 · MIA 79-61 LAC
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 24
Q4 6:33 · MIA 91-67 LAC
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Eddie House flagrant foul type 1 (Blake Griffin draws the foul)
Q4 7:07 · MIA 79-63 LAC
- Technical
Double technical foul - Eddie House and Baron Davis
Q4 7:07 · MIA 79-63 LAC
Clippers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Blake Griffin misses flagrant free throw 1 of 2
Q4 7:07 · MIA 79-64 LAC
📊The numbers
| MIA | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 32% |
| 10 | Threes made | 6 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 59 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 19 | Assists | 12 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 24 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 9 | Steals | 8 |
| 7 | Blocks | 2 |
