⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 19 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 16 points worse than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 29 free throws to their nineteen- Ran them off the floor, 30 fast break points to 13
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Pistons
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 3
Q1 2:38 · DET 21-24 MIA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 25-point deficit to 16
Q4 4:22 · DET 87-103 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 14
Q1 0:01 · DET 21-35 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 17
Q2 4:35 · DET 37-54 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DET | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 8 | Threes made | 6 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 20 | Assists | 29 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 30 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 10 | Steals | 9 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
